Rose Raspberry and Lychee Parfaits
 
 
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Serves: 8 parfaits
Ingredients
Raspberry Coulis
  • 6 oz raspberries
  • ¼ cup (50 g) sugar
Chocolate cookies, about 24 (see blog post for notes)
Lychee cream
  • 200 g lychee puree (some specialty stores carry lychee puree, or you can buy canned or fresh lychees and puree them in the food processor)
  • ⅓ cup (80 g) sugar
  • 4 g (2 leaves) leaf gelatin or 2 teaspoons powdered gelatin
  • 1 cup (230 g) heavy cream, whipped
Rose Whipped Cream
  • 1 cup (230 g) heavy cream
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 teaspoons rose water
  • pink food coloring as desired.
Instructions
For the raspberry coulis:
  1. Combine raspberries and sugar in a small saucepan.
  2. Cook over medium-low heat on the stove, stirring occasionally to prevent burning, until raspberries soften and burst into liquid.
  3. Strain into a small bowl. Let cool while you make the other components.
For the chocolate cookies:
  1. Crush the chocolate cookies by hand or in a food processor into small pieces - you don't want to turn them into crumbs, but larger chunks.
For the lychee cream:
  1. Combine pureed lychees and sugar together in a bowl. Bloom gelatin in water. Heat in microwave and mix into lychee mixture.
  2. Whip cream in stand mixer with whisk attachment to soft peaks. Add in lychee mixture and mix until combined - it will turn back into a liquid with the added lychee mixture.
  3. Divide the cream among the glasses, filling between halfway and two thirds full.
  4. Place in refrigerator for about 15 to 20 minutes to let the cream start setting.
For the rose whipped cream:
  1. Combine cream, sugar, and rose water together in bowl of a stand mixer. Whip with whisk attachment to soft peaks. Add food coloring as desired and mix in.
To finish the assembly:
  1. Spread a thin layer of the raspberry coulis over the lychee cream.
  2. Mound some of the whipped cream on top of the raspberry coulis. Serve immediately or you can chill in refrigerator for a couple hours further.
Recipe by Dessert First at https://dessertfirstgirl.com/2018/02/rose-raspberry-lychee-parfaits.html