Sables With Summer Berries

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy	French	Consuming, Passions	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

200	g	Unsalted butter
2		Egg yolks
1	t	Vanilla essence
1 3/4	c	Plain flour
1/2	c	Icing sugar
2		Egg whites
1/4	c	Caster sugar
2	T	Clotted or double cream
1	T	Praline powder*
1		Dozen or so each of
		strawberries raspberries
		and
		blueberries
1/2	c	Caster sugar
1/2		Lemon, Juice of
		A punnet each of
		strawberries
		raspberries
		blueberries less
		the ones taken for
		the coulis
		A few cherries, if available
8 1/2		t, 1 Other Carbohydrates

INSTRUCTIONS

BISCUITS  Beat butter until soft, mix in egg yolks and essence. Sift in
flour  and sugar a little at a time until just worked in. Set aside for
1/2  hour. Roll out to 6mm thickness. Cut into 12 rounds.  Set aside on
non-stick baking paper for a few minutes. Bake at 150C  for 12-15
minutes.  They shouldn't be allowed to brown.  FILLING  Whisk egg
whites to soft peaks, slowly adding sugar. Fold in cream and  praline
powder. Chill.  COULIS  Put all ingredients in pan, bring to boil and
simmer for 5 minutes or  until mixture thickens.  Puree in food
processor at slow speed (to avoid breaking up seeds) and  strain
through fine strainer.  Dust top with icing sugar (optional).
Accompany with cherries.  Put a little coulis on each plate, layer
berries, sables biscuits and  filling to create three layers. Dust top
with icing sugar (optional).  Accompany with cherries.  *Commercially
made pralines are available at some French bakeries and  delicatessens.
Crush one or two between sheets of non-stick paper.  Alternatively, you
could use some crushed Italian Amaretti biscuits.  Converted by
MC_Buster.  Per serving: 456 Calories (kcal); 43g Total Fat; (83%
calories from  fat); 4g Protein; 16g Carbohydrate; 216mg Cholesterol;
37mg Sodium  Food Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Lean Meat; 0
Vegetable; 0 Fruit;  Converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 874 Calories From Fat: 414 Total Fat: 47.1g Cholesterol: 197.6mg Sodium: 1742.9mg Potassium: 583.7mg Carbohydrates: 104.2g Fiber: 8.4g Sugar: 16.1g Protein: 14.6g