Chilledfruitandchampagnesoup Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• For the berry mixture: In a medium bowl, combine the raspberries and strawberries, granulated sugar, cornstarch and vanilla. Stir and set aside.
• For the crisp: Butter an 8-inch square baking dish. In a large bowl (or food processor), combine the butter pieces, flour, oats, granulated sugar, brown sugar, pecans and salt. Cut together with a pastry cutter (or pulse in the food processor) until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Press half of the crisp mixture into the prepared baking dish. Top with the berry mixture, then sprinkle the remaining crisp over the top. Bake until the topping is golden brown, about 45 minutes. Allow to sit for 10 minutes before serving.
• For the whipped cream: Add the cream and granulated sugar to the bowl of a mixer and whip until soft peaks form.
• Scoop out the crisp with a spoon and top with sweetened whipped cream

Steps:

• Puree the raspberries and strawberries. Press through a sieve into a bowl. Add the sugar and lemon juice. Chill. To serve, stir the mixed fruit into the puree. Spoon into soup plates. Scatter the mint over the top. Set the creme fraiche on the table so everyone can add a dollop. Pass the bottle of Champagne and let everyone pour a glug into his bowl. Pour the rest of the bubbly into glasses.

Steps:

• You need some plain, flat white soup or pasta bowls for this to work well.
• Place a 440g can of red fruit (cherries, berries, plums) and a 440g can of orange fruit (peaches, apricots) in the fridge overnight. Process each can separately. Puree the fruit and the juice or syrup in a blender, use enough of the syrup or juice to puree the fruit easily, this will be between about half to all of it. Then pass through a sieve to a 1litre jug. Rinse the blender and sieve before doing the second can of fruit and putting it in a different jug.
• Cover each jug with plastic wrap and put in the fridge until just before serving.
• Add the champagne to each jug so they are have increased by half again once you have stirred the fruit and champagne together and the foam has been mixed inches This will only use about half of the bottle.
• Hold a jug in each hand and pour both fruit mixes into a chilled bowl at the same time from opposite sides of the bowl. They should meet in the middle. Use a toothpick to make a small swirling pattern where the two colours meet.
• If you have a helper in the kitchen to pour a third jug, you could add a third can of white fruit (apples or pears).
• This is a very simple dish and once you have made it a couple of times you will feel able to experiment quite happily but remember to use cans of fruit rather than fresh as it saves a lot of hassle cooking the fruit and there is consistency in the amount of fruit in each can.
• Beware that the combination of fruit and alcohol can affect people more noticeably that they would expect.

Steps:

• In a saucepan, bring water, strawberries, sugar, lemon juice, and Champagne to a boil.
• Let simmer for 10 minutes, then add mint leaves. Let cool to room temperature.
• Blend together with an immersion blender or in a standing blender, then strain through a sieve. Chill in the refrigerator, covered, for 3 hours.
• Serve in soup bowls with a scoop of ice cream, sorbet, or plain/vanilla/lemon yogurt. Or just plain! Garnish with mint leaves.