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Blanc-mange
- Prep time:
- 20 mins, plus several hrs setting time
- Cook time:
- 1 hrs 30 mins
- Serves:
- 4
Lotte Duncan revives a classic nursery favourite in this recipe for creamy almond blanc-mange
Ingredients
For the blanc-mange
- 300ml Milk
- 2 sheets leaf gelatine
- 1/2 Lemon, zest only
- 15 g ground Almonds
- 105g sugar cubes
- 850ml double cream
- Maraschino liqueur
To serve
- maraschino cherries
- pink rose petals
- whipped Cream
Method
1. Pour the milk into a saucepan and bring to scalding point. Add the lemon rind and sugar, and leave on one side for about an hour.2. Stir in the almonds and bring to the boil.
3. Strain the mixture into a jug and add the cream , liqueur and soaked gelatine.
4. Leave the mixture to cool, stirring occasionally. Pour into an oiled mould, leaving any sediment behind in the jug.
5. Leave until set and then turn out the blancmange onto a serving plate.
6. Decorate with maraschino cherries, rose petals and whipped cream.
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