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Home » TWD » Floating Islands with Chocolate & Strawberries

Floating Islands with Chocolate & Strawberries

February 10, 2009 · WCC Administr@tr · 15 Comments

tuesdayswithdorie150x118-2921280This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie baking challenge was her Floating Islands recipe. This recipe involves making a creme anglaise and poaching meringues. To serve, the creme anglaise is plated with the delicate poached meringe floating on top. It’s an elegant dish and the presentation itself is quite stunning.

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I had no trouble at all with this recipe and I loved how nicely it paired with chocolate flourless cake and berries. For my presentation, I plated the creme anglaise in a shallow ramekin with a floral cut out of chocolate flourless cake in the center. I then sprinkled sliced strawberries around the edge for color.

The recipe called for the meringues to poach in milk, of which I used vanilla soy milk as my only substitute. It gave a very subtle hint of vanilla which was wonderful. I topped my cake with the meringue, added another smaller floral cut out of chocolate flourless cake on top of the meringue, drizzled the dish with a raspberry coulis and garnished with mint.

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A lot of compliments came from the table when I served this dessert and it was nice blend of flavors! For the recipe, check out Shari ‘s blog, Whisk: a food blog and don’t forget to check out how the other TWD bakers’ versions of the recipe!

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  1. Victoria Gray says

    February 10, 2009 at 2:11 pm

    Wow, that looks so yummy! I like the flourless cake part.

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  2. Unknown says

    February 10, 2009 at 2:11 pm

    Wow, that looks gorgeous! I love the color added by the strawberries.

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  3. Spryte says

    February 10, 2009 at 2:34 pm

    Wow! That looks beautiful and tasty!

    I’ve never heard of poached meringue. Is similar to the texture on a meringue pie?

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  4. vanillasugarblog says

    February 10, 2009 at 2:34 pm

    That does look good! Nice job. Chocolate cake & strawberries are my favorite combo.

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  5. Kristen616 says

    February 10, 2009 at 4:04 pm

    Not only is that beautiful it looks so delicious!

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  6. Jennifer says

    February 10, 2009 at 4:23 pm

    Mmm… I wish I had some right now! It looks quite delicious.
    Jennifer

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  7. Anonymous says

    February 10, 2009 at 5:17 pm

    Wow, that is absolutely stunning! I am in awe!

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  8. Megan says

    February 10, 2009 at 7:04 pm

    How can you go wrong with a combination like that? Pass one this way, please!

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  9. Anonymous says

    February 10, 2009 at 10:15 pm

    Beautiful! I love the way you assembled your floating island.

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  10. That Girl says

    February 10, 2009 at 11:53 pm

    I love creme angalise even without little islands floating in it!

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  11. Anonymous says

    February 11, 2009 at 1:40 pm

    Beautiful presentation indeed. Flourless chocolate cake makes everything better. 🙂

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  12. Tangled Noodle says

    February 11, 2009 at 7:25 pm

    I love how the red sauce and strawberries are so vibrant against the meringue.

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  13. Ivette says

    February 12, 2009 at 3:03 pm

    WOW! Your dessert looks great! I love your presentation and I really like all those colors. I really enjoyed the challenge of making meringue and thought the end result was great!

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  14. Liz says

    February 14, 2009 at 11:32 pm

    Yours look amazing! The best I’ve seen– now I am sad I missed this week!

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  15. Shari says

    February 15, 2009 at 4:46 pm

    Wow, your plated dessert looks amazing. Love the flourless chocolate cake and strawberries paired with this. I bet it was good!

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