Tropical Fruit Cruise
- 1 cup mango puree
- 1 leaf gelatin or 1 teaspoon granulated gelatin
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Toasted coconut
- Rounds of vanilla cake, cut into same size as molds
- 12 (2 by 3-inch) molds
- Chocolate Cruise ship, recipe follows
- Kiwi sorbet, recipe follows
- Place puree in bowl and warm over a water bath.
- Bloom gelatin in cold water.
- When gelatin is soft, remove from water and add to puree.
- Stir until gelatin is melted.
- Whip cream with sugar and vanilla extract to soft peaks.
- Fold in 1/3 of cream into puree mixture, then fold in remaining cream.
- Scoop into molds, place cake rounds on top and freeze.
- Remove from molds, cake side down, and coat with toasted coconut.
- They will look like little sandy islands.
- Place chocolate molded cruise ship on a plate.
- Fill with kiwi sorbet.
- You can add chocolate smoke stacks on to the top of the sorbet.
- Place Mango Mousse Island on the plate near the ship.
- You can add additional decoration such as chocolate palm trees and pink chocolate flamingos, if desired.
- 2 cups simple syrup (1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup water)
- 2 cups kiwi puree
- Lemon juice, to taste
- To make simple syrup, bring sugar and water to a boil and let cool.
- Mix together puree and syrup and adjust tartness with lemon juice.
- Process in an ice cream machine.
- 8 ounces semisweet or bittersweet chocolate
- 2 1/2 ounces corn syrup
- 1 teaspoon water
- Cut out templates of bottom and sides of ship
- Melt and cool chocolate in a bowl.
- Add corn syrup and water and stir until combined.
- Wrap in plastic and let set.
- Roll the chocolate out flat.
- Place templates on top of chocolate and cut out 2 side pieces and 1 bottom piece for the ship.
- "Glue" together with melted chocolate.
- You can also cut out strips and roll to make 2 smoke stacks.
mango puree, gelatin, heavy cream, sugar, vanilla, coconut, vanilla cake, molds, chocolate, sorbet
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/bobby-flay/tropical-fruit-cruise-recipe.html (may not work)