Floridian
Chef Chris Pawlowski shows how to assemble a gourmet Florida dessert. He says,
“It’s easy,” to a group of Slow Food Gold & Treasure Coast members at
Endless Summer Vineyard in Ft. Pierce. Chef Pawlowski is the owner of Palm Beach Organics, an organic food buying club located in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Step
one: Hire a chef to make your dessert. No,
that’s just me saying this.
Chef Chris Pawlowski showing off chocolate mousse, Ft. Pierce, Fla. |
Chef Pawlowski spreading liquid chocolate over paper, Ft. Pierce, Fla. |
First,
cut up long strips of parchment paper, approximately 2” x 8” in size or enough
to wrap around a pre-made cylinder of chocolate mousse that is waiting for you
in the fridge (made earlier by you or a
chef friend).
Then
take some melted chocolate, made by melting chocolate medallions in a double
boiler, and spread it thinly on the paper. Once the paper is covered set it
aside on a cooled baking sheet.
Chef Pawlowski rolls chocolate mousse in sheets of chocolate, Ft. Pierce, Fla. |
Next,
take out the cylinders of chocolate mousse and roll them along the chocolate
side of the paper strips.
Resting chocolate wrapped chocolate mousse by Chef Pawlowski, Ft. Pierce, Fla |
Rest
them upright on the cookie sheet to set the chocolate around the mousse.
Chef Pawlowski makes squiggly chocolate decorations, Ft. Pierce, Fla. |
As
the chocolate sets around the mousse, start working on your decorations. Put some more liquid chocolate into a pastry chef tube and
squeeze out some squiggly lines on more parchment paper.
Chef Pawlowski swirls homemade Florida grown strawberry sauce around dishes, Ft. Pierce, Fla |
Take some chocolate sauce and swirl it around the edges of a plate. Follow it
with a swirl of homemade strawberry sauce (again made by you earlier or your chef friend), made with Florida grown berries.
A table of easily assmbled Florida inspired chocolate mousse dessert by Chef Pawlowski, Ft. Pierce, Fla. |
Assemble all the components that will also include fresh cut Florida grown
strawberries, powdered chocolate, and white chocolate squiggly line decorations.
And voila! A strawberry covered chocolate mousse
fancy enough to serve at a restaurant. If you don’t have the time or you don’t
want to do this then contact chef Pawlowski directly at his company www.palmbeachorganics.org/wordpress
Is there any particular reason this beautiful, gorgeous, mouth-watering post arrived in my mailbox just before dinner? Hmmmm!
ReplyDelete