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Elegant Palets with Creamy Sheep's Cheese and Candied Orange Zest

Ingredients (Serves 4)
  • Sweet pastry: 1 roll
  • Brown sugar
  • Orange: 1
  • Caster sugar: 55 g
  • Eggs: 3
  • Orange blossom water: 1 cl
  • Sheep's cheese: 250 g
  • Sugar: 75 g
  • Salt: 1 pinch
Preparation Time: 50 minutes

Difficulty: Moderate

Blind-bake 4 pricked pastry bases (using the tines of a fork) for about 15 minutes in the oven at 180°C (th. 6).

Sheep's cheese filling:

Whisk the eggs, 75 g sugar, and salt. Add the sheep's cheese and orange blossom water. Pour into small pie molds and bake for 2 hours at 80°C (th. 2/3).

Orange zest and coulis:

Finely julienne the orange zest and blanch three times in boiling water. Simmer 30 cl water with 30 g sugar, then confit the zest for 20 minutes over low heat. Drain and roll in 10 g sugar. Poach the peeled orange quarters in 15 g sugar and 3 cl water for 5 minutes over low heat, then blend into a coulis.

Place the sheep's cheese tarts on the pastry bases. Sprinkle with brown sugar and caramelize under the broiler. Garnish with candied zest and drizzle with coulis.

Serve with a scoop of orange sorbet, finished with saffron threads.

Elegant Palets with Creamy Sheep s Cheese and Candied Orange Zest