Chocolate mousse and raspberry cream dacquoise

18 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
Meringues-----
1 cup Hazelnuts -- toasted and
Skinned
2 cups Sugar
½ teaspoon Salt
1 cup Egg whites
3 ounces Bittersweet chocolate --
Melted
Mousse-----
7 ounces Bittersweet chocolate --
Chopped
2 ounces Unsweetened chocolate --
Chopped
3 tablespoons Framboise
⅓ cup Coffee -- strong brewed
1¼ cup Sugar
4 larges Egg whites
¼ teaspoon Cream of tartar
Whipped Cream-----
5 teaspoons Gelatin -- unflavored
¼ cup Framboise
4 cups Heavy cream -- well-chilled
¼ cup Sugar
1½ teaspoon Vanilla
2½ cup Raspberries -- picked over
Garnish-----
3 ounces Unsweetened chocolate --
Melted
1 cup Raspberries

Directions

Line three buttered baking sheets with parchment or foil and trace an 11" circle on each sheet of parchment. Meringues: In a food processor grind fine the hazelnuts with ½ cup of the sugar, transfer the mixture to a bowl, and stir in ½ cup of the remaining sugar and the salt, stirring and fluffing the mixture until it is combined well. In a large bowl with an electric mixer beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until they hold soft peaks, add the remain- ing one cup sugar gradually, beating, and beat the egg whites until they hold stiff glossy peaks. Fold in the hazelnut mixture gently but thor- oughly and transfer the meringue to a pastry bag fitted with a ½" plain tip. Starting in the middle of each parchment circle pipe the mixture in a tight spiral to fill the circles and bake the meringues on three evenly spaced racks or in batches in a preheated 250 F.

oven, switching the meringues from one rack to another every 20 minutes, for one hour or until they are firm when touched. Remove the parchment from the baking sheets, let the meringues cool on it, and peel off the parchment carefully. (The meri ngues may be made one day in advance and kept wrapped well in plastic wrap at room temperature. ) Trim the meringues to auniform size if necessary with a serrated knife and reserve the best-looking meringue for the top layer. Spread the underside of one of the remaining meringues with the melted chocolate (this will be the middle layer), reserve it, chocolate side up, and put the remaining meringue (this will be the bottom layer) on a large flat cake platter. See ChocolateMousse & Raspberry Cream Dacquoise 2 for rest of directions (too large for one recipe)

Recipe By : Gourmet Magazine January, 1991 From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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