Charlotte Renaissance (Vanilla Bavarois Charlotte with Kirsch-Macerated Fruit)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- round of white paper
- genoise rectangles
- Bavarois à la Vanille composition
- raw apricots and peaches
- pineapple
- wild strawberries
- kirsch
- a round of pineapple
- candied fruit
Instructions
- Macerate the peeled, sliced raw apricots and peaches, the diced pineapple and the wild strawberries in kirsch beforehand.
- Mask the bottom of the mould with a round of white paper.
- Line the sides with the genoise rectangles iced white and pink, the iced side against the mould.
- Add the macerated fruit to the Bavarois à la Vanille composition and fill the lined mould with it.
- Set it on ice or in a cool place.
- Turn out the Charlotte, remove the round of paper and put in its place a round of pineapple cut from the widest part of the fruit, decorated with candied fruit.