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Coconut-Chocolate-Cherry Ice-cream Cake

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I know I said this week I was going to “stun” you (?!) with a recipe worthy of French Haute Pâtisserie….but ( seems like THE excuse is coming but no…) this past week has been the hottest in France in the last 50 years!! Yes, believe it or not..and I love my blog and my readers but turning on the oven in my minuscule kitchen with 36°C when I  have neither air-conditioning nor a garage-sale found fan !! (advantages of living in “the first world) ..”no way”!! Late in life (and after many bumps on my head) I learnt that “unreasoning love” does not lead to anything good..(yes, you don’t have the slightest idea of what I’m talking about..but I understand myself)

Si…ya sé que dije que iba a sorprender al mundo (?!) con una receta de la Haute Pâtisserie francesa…pero ( parece que viene la tipica excusa pero no…) esta semana fue la semana de mas calor en Francia en los ultimos 50 años!!! si, asi como lo leen…y yo amo a mis blog y a mis lectores pero prender el horno en mi cocina minuscula con 36°C cuando no tengo ni aire acondicionado ni un misero ventilador !! (delicias de vivir en el “primer mundo” ) “no way!!” A esta altura de mi vida…tarde pero seguro, aprendi que el “unreasoning love” no nos lleva a nada….(si, ustedes no deben entender de qué hablo..pero yo me entiendo sola)

Now..just a second! And here comes the instant of “self-praising” typical of any Argentinean….if you think making these layers of coconut/chocolate icecream..all even, exactly of the same width is a piece of cake..you are absolutely wrong! To start with it is not easy even in a normal “entremets”, and if, to make matters worse, we are working with icecream… This is what I tried to explain proudly to my hubby….while he was gobbling down the icecream…I served him TWICE! two generous helpings…and then he said: “Just amazing even though coconut is not my favorite flavor” “What????”, I said…”if all the time you ask to cook chicken curry and Asiatic dishes with coconut milk in them!” “Yes”, he said…”but they are savoury dishes…”

Ahora..un minutito!! Y ahora viene el instante del “autoalabanza” tipico de cualquier argentina….si pensaron que hacer que las capas de helado de chocolate/coco queden parejitas, del mismo ancho es un juego de niños ….se equivocaron! Ya no es facil en un entremets comun, pero si encima es helado…bueno..! Esto es lo que intenté que mi maridito viera..pero él comia el helado como un loco..se comio DOS porciones bastante generosas…y luego me dijo “riquisimo aunque el coco no es mi favor preferido” “What????” dije yo…”si todo el tiempo querés comer comida asiatica con leche de coco..? ” “Si”, me dijo..”pero es salado…”

I could have reminded him of the zillion years he ate “alfajorcitos de Maizena” with shredded coconut and dulce de leche…but it was too hot to go into useless details..mainly when I know the following day he’s going to ask me for more icecream..In any case, my girls loved it, I believe my guests too..I didn’t like it..I found it “sublime” (Am I not the typical Argy?  ;D

Podria haberle recordado los años que comio alfajorcitos de Maizena con coco y dulce de leche..pero hacia mucho calor para entrar en detalles inutiles..sobretodo cuando sé que al dia siguiente va a querer comer mas helado de coco…in any case…a mis chicas le encanto, a mi también, creo que a mis invitadas de Argentina también…A mi no me encanto…lo encontré “supremo” (modestia aparte ;D

I hope you try it and tell me who’s right!! If you find making the layers too complicated, you can just as well, present it in two of three scoops, cherries, shredded chocolate, or chocolate sauce…and the following day, you start for the enieth time the famous diet by Dr Jekyll…and Mr Hide!

Espero que lo prueben y me digan quién tiene razon! Si no quieren complicarse con el montaje, pueden hacer los dos helados, y presentarlos en una linda copa..dos o tres bochas, las cerezas, y el chocolate rallado o una salsa de chocolate..y al otro dia, comienzan por enésima vez, la dieta del Dr Jekyll (and Mr Hide)

Materials: *one 18cm ring mold (5cm high) *two 16cm ring molds (tartelette type) *acetate band   *aluminum foil
For the Chocolate Icecream:
*dark chocolate (70%), 125gr, *cocoa, 1tbsp * egg yolks, 4 *sugar, 125gr *non-skimmed milk, 500ml *rhum, 2 tbsp (optional)
Chop chocolate in small pieces. Put the milk in a saucepan and warm it to almost boil. In a bowl, whisk egg yolks, sugar & cocoa. You won’t see it whiten because of the cocoa. It’s the “ribbon” stage. Add 1/3 of warmed milk. Stir well. Pour everything back into the saucepan. There we prepare a “crème anglaise” , that means, stirring the mixture, in low, till it thickens and coats the back of the spoon. Attention temperature! Eggs don’t have to curdle. Once ready, add the chopped chocolate. Once a bit cooler, pour the mixture in a bowl or jar. Refrigerate several hours. preferably overnight.
For the Coconut Ice-cream:
*coconut milk, 700gr *sugar, 300gr *whole cream, 250gr *unskimmed milk, 250ml *egg yolks, 9
Pour the two milks and cream in a saucepan. Warm till it almost boils (but not quite). In a bowl, whisk the egg yolks, sugar till it whitens. Repeat the crème anglaise method (above) Refrigerate.
Extras: *cherries, shredded coconut, shredded chocolate (to aste)
The following day, wrap 16cm molds with aluminum foil (see photo) Scatter some cherries, unpitted and halved. Make the chocolate ice-cream according to instructions of your ice-cream maker. Pour chocolate icecream into two molds. Put in the freezer several hours or overnight. Wrap the big 18cm mold with aluminum foil (see photo) plus place acetate band inside (to help unmold). Make the coconut ice-cream following icecream maker instructions. Pour 1/3 of the mixture into mold. Place the chocolate layer inside (previously unmolded) Pour 1/3 of coconut ice-cream. Press the second layer of chocolate icecream. Finally, pour the rest of coconut icecream. Take to the freezer. Decorate with shredded coconut, chocolate and cherries. Enjoy!

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