Oscar Party 2012

Recipe from Around My French Table by Dorrie Greenspan


                             Citrus-Berry Terrine


This recipe is way too easy to look and taste as good as it does. I'm sure it would be even prettier had I not over-chilled the gelatin. I really should not be blogging on two recipes at the same time while getting ready to host an Oscar party.

                                      I loved The Artist!!

                              Best Picture and Best Actor

           

The recipe states to chill the gelatin mixture until it has the consistency of egg whites - about two hours.With a couple of hours to spare I could get the tart dough prepared for the lemon dessert I was making.I must have a really cold refrigerator, for after just one hour my gelatin mixture was pretty close to solid. I threw it back into the pan to melt it down; after adding the fruit the gelatin had a more opaque, rather than a translucent look to it. Still it turned out quite pretty.

Success meter (1-3): 3

Bonus Recipe from the World Wide Web!!

Recipe: Citrus Meltaways

(EDITED)

I have been craving these since I came across this recipe on one of the many food blogs on the web: Fresh365.  (LINK NO LONGER VALID) Finally I decided to give them a try.

The scent of the zest and juice was mouth watering wonderful. My mouth was puckering all along just waiting for these citrus beauties. I was surprised they were not as I had expected. At first bite you get the sense of the citrus, but it falls flat after that instead of an explosion of bright tartness to fill your mouth. Must be that grapefruit is more bitter then tart. I will make these again but go with Meyer lemon or just the lime in place of the grapefruit and lime combo.

Success meter (1-3): 2