Name: Chestnut Charlotte
Ingredients: 12 oz Ladyfingers [also known as sponge fingers]; 20 oz Creme fraiche; 14 oz Marrons glaces; 1 Wineglassful rum; 1 Glass water; 4 oz Sugar

The first evangelists never assured unconverted people that God loves them. This is not to say conclusively that He does not love them in any way whatsoever. But the undeniable fact is, the love of God for man was a total non-factor in the evangelistic preaching recorded in the New Testament. In the book of Acts, for example, the greatest manual for evangelism that exists, the word “love” is never even used. So the first supposedly essential phrase – “God loves you and wants to save you” – has absolutely no biblical precedent… Likewise, and contrary to the second common assumption about the essential content of the gospel message, the words, “Christ died for you” were never addressed to unconverted people. The only people who are ever assured in the Bible that Jesus bore their sins on the cross are Christians. You will search the Bible in vain to find words like, “Jesus died for you,” presented as a promise or an appeal to the lost.

Daryl Wingerd

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
	French		8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

12	oz	Ladyfingers [also known as sponge fingers]
20	oz	Creme fraiche
14	oz	Marrons glaces
1		Wineglassful rum
1		Glass water
4	oz	Sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

Soak the ladyfingers in a mixture of equal parts rum and water.
Line the bottom and sides of a charlotte mold with the biscuits. Whip the
creme fraiche with the sugar until stiff. Add the crumbled [but not
crushed] marrons glaces to two-thirds of the whipped cream [reserving the
last third: translator's insertion]. Place successive layers of chestnut
cream and soaked ladyfingers in the mold: a layer of chestnut cream, a
layer of ladyfingers, a layer of chestnut cream. End with a layer of
ladyfingers. Refrigerate overnight. Unmold before serving and cover with
the reserved cream.
NOTES
(1) Ladyfingers or sponge fingers can be bought under that name, but Julia
Child recommends that they be homemade for use in a charlotte. A recipe has
already been posted I believe, or one is found in her book "The French
Chef".
(2) In JC's recipe for an almond chocolate charlotte, she recommends lining
the mold with waxed paper before putting in the ladyfingers. Then the top
of the filled mold is covered with waxed paper, a saucer, and weighted
down.
Posted to FOODWINE Digest  by Esther Czekalski
<esther_czekalski@BAYNETWORKS.COM> on Dec 22, 1997

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