Elle & Vire Recipes
by Sébastien Faré Executive culinary Chef at La Maison de l’Excellence former Michelin-starred Chef

Recipe Evanescence of cream cheese with terragon, raspberries & aniseed and acidulous herbs

For
8 persons
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To prepare this dish

Ingredient list
Pucks of Cream Cheese
300 g Excellence whipping cream 35% fat
150 g Original american cream cheese 34% fat
45 g sugar
3 g Tarragon leaves
Cream Cheese icing
250 g Original american cream cheese 34% fat
150 g whole milk
75 g Excellence whipping cream 35% fat
5 g gelatine powder
25 g sugar
125 g neutral glaze
Raspberry sorbet
250 g raspberry puree
125 g sirup at 30°B
10 g lime juice
zest 1/2 grated lime
Garnish, finish and presentation
1 punnet of raspberries
20 g dehydrated raspberries chips
1 punnet of aniseed Atsina cress
Tarragon leaves
sorrel sprouts
Elle & Vire products used

The recipe,
step by step

  1. 1

    Pucks of Cream Cheese

    Whip the cream at moderate speed to obtain a soft peak texture. Soften the cream cheese with the sugar (if necessary, heat few seconds in microwave). Add 1/3 of the whipped cream. Mix well then gently add the remaining whipped cream and the chopped tarragon leaves. Using a pastry bag, set on a cheesecloth and leave it in the fridge for 1 hour. Reserve at the freezer.

  2. 2

    Cream Cheese icing

    Blend all the ingredients together. Heat to saucepan at 70°C (158°F). Mix.

  3. 3

    Raspberry sorbet

    Mix all ingredients together and put in a Pacojet® bowl. Reserve in the freezer for at least 12 hours. Turbine ice at time of service.

  4. 4

    Garnish, finish and presentation

    Arrange the frozen tarragon cream cheese pucks on a rack and glaze with the cream cheese icing at 30-35°C (86-95°F). Set them straight on the plate. Add raspberries, raspberry chips,  ice and various herbs. Arrange a few touches of cream cheese icing.


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A few words about the author…

Sébastien Faré

Sébastien Faré treats us with terroir trends and revisited classics. On this occasion, he imagined for Elle & Vire Professionnel® 7 delicious recipes around the theme of Normandy. These are part of the « Norman Inspirations » recipes collection.

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