Cerises à la Valéria (Cherry Tartlets Valéria)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- pâte sucrée
- redcurrant ice
- cream
- meringue italienne
- cherries
- Bordeaux wine
- redcurrant syrup
- chopped pistachios
- ice in pieces (for the tray)
Instructions
- Bake tartlet crusts in pâte sucrée.
- Mix a redcurrant ice with cream and line the bottom of each crust with it.
- Pipe vanilla-flavoured meringue italienne over the ice.
- Poach stoned cherries in sweetened Bordeaux wine and arrange them on the meringue.
- Set the tartlets on a dish and stand the dish on a tray of ice in pieces.
- Pass through the oven to dry the meringue.
- On coming out of the oven, coat the cherries quickly with redcurrant syrup and sprinkle with chopped pistachios.
- Dress the tartlets on a napkin.