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Classic Snow Eggs with Raspberries and Sublime Chocolate Arabica Sauce

Ingredients (Serves 6)
  • 8 egg whites
  • 50 g icing sugar + 3 level tablespoons
  • 1/2 l + 1/2 l vanilla custard
  • 1/2 l raspberry coulis
  • 200 g raspberries
  • 250 g eating chocolate
  • 250 g butter
  • 6 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon ground arabica coffee
  • 1 pinch salt
Preparation
  • Prep time: 30 minutes
  • Chill time: 6 hours

Snow Eggs

Place the egg whites in a bowl with a pinch of salt. Whip them to very stiff peaks. Gently fold in the icing sugar.

Bring 2 liters of water to a gentle simmer in a large pan. Using a small slotted spoon, shape spoonfuls of egg white mixture and poach for 1 minute per side. Drain on a clean cloth.

Alternatively, mold the whites and cook in a buttered dish in the oven or bain-marie.

Arrange the poached eggs on vanilla custard topped with raspberry coulis and fresh raspberries.

Sublime Chocolate

Melt the chocolate in a bain-marie with 2 tablespoons of water. Stir in the butter.

In a separate bowl, whisk the 6 egg yolks with 3 tablespoons icing sugar until pale and creamy.

Combine the chocolate mixture with the yolk mixture. Whip the remaining egg whites to stiff peaks and fold in gently.

Pour into a buttered loaf tin and refrigerate for 6 hours.

Arabica Sauce and Assembly

Stir the ground arabica coffee into the remaining vanilla custard to make the sauce.

Spoon the arabica cream onto plates. Unmold the chilled chocolate sublime, slice with a hot knife, and arrange on top.

Garnish slices with Chantilly cream piped from a bag or an orange wedge.

Classic Snow Eggs with Raspberries and Sublime Chocolate Arabica Sauce