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- Cuisine: French
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Rotterdam – Bruxelles
Today, French chef Gabriel Gaté discusses the food speciality of Holland and talks to cheese guru Will Studd about Dutch cheeses. Gabriel prepares a Dutch cocoa mousse with spiced bread, and sommelier Christian Maier speaks about Dutch gin. For more Tour news, visit the SBS Tour de France website.
Ingredients
1 loaf of Dutch ginger bread200g quark (smooth, fresh, low-fat, unripened cheese)
30g Dutch cocoa
3 eggs, separated
60g caster sugar
Pinch of cream of tartar
A little icing sugar for dusting
12 chocolate sticks flavoured with orange, to garnish (optional)
Preparation
Using a serrated knife, cut 18 slices of ginger bread about 5 mm thick.Place the quark and cocoa in a bowl and beat until combined. Add the 3 egg yolks and half the sugar and beat until smooth.
Place the egg whites in a bowl with the cream of tartar and beat into stiff peaks. Add the remaining caster sugar and continue beating until smooth.
Mix a little of the beaten egg whites into the cocoa mixture, then gently fold in remaining egg whites and mix until just combined.
Place 6 slices of ginger bread on a large dish. Top each with 1 tbsp of cocoa mousse, then with a second slice of ginger bread. Add another spoonful of mousse and finish with a slice of ginger bread. Spread a little extra mousse on the sides of the small cakes and dust the top with icing sugar. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving.
Garnish each slice with 2 orange sticks.
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