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| My patisserie challenge la forêt-noire |
Welcome to my patisserie
challenge. This year I have decided to buy something different from our village
boulangerie every Sunday and to enjoy
the simple pleasure of treating myself each week. I can report that so far I’m
really enjoying my early morning stroll to the village boulangerie, buying the croissants for breakfast and making my
choice of sweet treat.
This week I’ve chosen Ed’s
current favourite, the forêt-noire or
black forest gateau. This is a very luxurious dessert comprised of two layers
of chocolate genoise sponge with a rich cream sandwiched between them and
smothered over the top, finished off nicely with dark chocolate shavings. Hidden in the middle cream layer are
whole black cherries that have been drowned in a cherry liqueur – wow what an
alcoholic kick! I’m almost ashamed to admit Ed has been happily tucking into
these for at least the last two years. It is quite sweet, but so light, moist,
soft and creamy I can forgive the extra sweetness especially as it’s slightly
offset by the bitterness of the dark chocolate. As a special occasion treat it
was very enjoyable, but it would be a bit too rich for me on regular basis.
I’ll see you next week with my
new choice from Bernadette at the boulangerie.
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