Pound cake/fresh strawberries and balsamic sabayon
6 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ¼ | cup | Golden brown sugar; packed |
| ¼ | cup | Water |
| 4 | larges | Egg yolks |
| 3 | tablespoons | Balsamic vinegar |
| ¼ | cup | Whipping cream; chilled |
| 24 | ounces | Strawberries; hulled, quartered |
| 2 | tablespoons | Sugar |
| 16 | ounces | Pound cake; cut into thin slices* |
Directions
* Arrow uses homemade pecan pound cake.
Combine first 3 ingredients and 2 tablespoons vinegar in medium stainless steel bowl. Set bowl over pan of simmering water (do not allow bowl to touch water). Whisk until sabayon triples in volume and thermometer registers 160øF, 4 minutes. Place bowl over larger bowl filled with ice and water; whisk sabayon until cool.
Beat cream in another medium bowl to soft peaks. Add sabayon and fold together. Cover and refrigerate sabayon.
Puree ¾ cup quartered berries with 2 tablespoons sugar and remaining 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar in processor. Pour puree into large bowl. Add remaining berries and toss to coat.
Arrange 3 thin cake slices on each of 6 plates. Spoon berry mixture alongside. Top with sabayon and serve.
Printed in Bon Appetit April 1998 Typed and Busted by Carriej999@... 4/98 Recipe by: Arrows, Ogunquit, Maine Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Carriej999<Carriej999@...> on Apr 10, 1998