Classification based on technique 1. Fruit based sweets Fruit is used for most sweets as a garnish. Often the fruit forms the major part of the sweet. Fresh fruit at its prime can be served with minor changes. Fresh strawberries or cherries can be served with cream or ice cream as a dessert. Leftover or small amounts of fruit can be cut into a macedoine of fruit. This can be served in coupes with ice cream such as a Coupe Jacques where the fruit is topped with lemon and strawberry ice. Fruit can also be stewed or poached and served whole or in part. Some examples would be poached tamarillo, pear, peach or apple. The poaching liquor used provides flavour and sometimes colour such as in Poached Pears in Red wine sauce. The poached fruit is often placed on ice cream or other baked goods. Pear Belle Helene, Peach Melba and Pear Conde are good examples. Stewing is used for harder fruit and this can be made into compotes or fools, where the pureed fruit is mixed with whipped cream. Rhubarb, quinces and apples are good for stewing. Fruit can also be coated in batters and fried. Apples, pears and bananas are well suited. For the “ultimate fritter” coat the fruit with pastry cream then through flour and the batter. Serve with suitable sauces. Fruit can be flambéed such as bananas, raspberries, figs or apple slices. The hot fruit is served with ice cream and double cream. Fruit can be baked together with pastries such as in apple cake or strudel, or placed on top of flans as in banana or peach flan. Fruit puree can be used in coulis, as part of ices or bavarois. 2. Batter and egg based sweets Batter sweets include crepes, soufflé crepes, sweet omelettes and beer or champagne batter fritters. Crepes are a thin version of pancake, often served with fruit, cream and fruit coulis. Crepe suzette is an example. www.iccadubai.ae 357 Classification of desserts Based on service Based on ingredients & technique Hot Cold Frozen Fruit base Soufflés Meringues Batter based Sabayon based Baked custard based Gelatine based Yeast base Pastry based Puddings
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