Touraine crémets with raspberry coulis

Name: Touraine crémets with raspberry coulis
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 300 g (10 oz) fromage frais or cream cheese (see Chef’s tip); 400 g (12¾ oz) fresh raspberries; red berries, to garnish; fresh mint sprigs, to garnish; 200 ml (6½ fl oz) cream, for whipping; 50 g (1¾ oz) icing sugar; few drops of lemon juice; 80 g (2¾ oz) icing sugar

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 20

Appears in

Regional French

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

About

A speciality of Angers and Saumur, these simple yet delicious crémets may be sensed with a raspberry coulis or fresh berries. Traditionally they are made without the icing sugar and sensed with fresh cream and plenty of white sugar.

Ingredients

200 ml (6½ fl oz) cream, for whipping
300 g (10

Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Line four 9 cm (3½ inch) wide ramekins with pieces of muslin large enough to hang over the top of the moulds. Pour the cream into a bowl, place the bowl into a bowl filled with ice