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Classic Charlotte Log with Fresh Red Fruits: Elegant Dessert for 8

Ingredients for 8 people
  • 30 spoon biscuits
  • 500 g mixed red fruits (raspberries, wild strawberries, strawberries, currants)
  • 1 orange
  • 1 vanilla pod
  • 50 cl milk
  • 6 egg yolks
  • 150 g sugar
  • 20 cl liquid cream
  • 4 sheets gelatin
  • 15 g butter for the mold
  • Fresh mint
Preparation
  • Preparation time: 20 minutes
  • Cooking time: 10 minutes

Difficulty: 3/5

Soak the gelatin sheets in cold water. Zest the orange, finely slice the zest, and blanch in boiling water for 3 minutes. Drain well.

Split the vanilla pod in half, scrape the seeds, and infuse in hot milk for 10 minutes.

Whisk the egg yolks with 100 g sugar until pale and creamy. Strain in the milk (vanilla pod removed), then thicken over low heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat when the custard coats the back of a spoon. Stir in the drained gelatin.

Cool slightly, then fold in the whipped cream, blanched orange zest, and half the fruits tossed in the remaining 50 g sugar.

Butter a loaf pan or charlotte mold and line tightly with biscuits, trimming to fit the edges. Pour in the fruit cream. Chill for at least 4 hours.

Unmold onto a serving dish. Garnish with remaining red fruits, orange slices, and fresh mint.

Classic Charlotte Log with Fresh Red Fruits: Elegant Dessert for 8