Raspberry Chill Recipes

Steps:

• Set a few berries aside for decoration and pulse the rest in a food processor. You're looking for a consistency between chopped and puree.
• Whip heavy cream till you get peaks.
• Transfer berries to a bowl and fold in the sugar, then the whipped cream reserving a little for garnish later.
• Cut a two inch wide strip of parchment paper and tape it to a stemmed glass so as to make a collar that increases the depth of the glass by about 3/4 inch.
• Spoon in the raspberry mixture till level with the top of the paper.
• Chill in a cold refrigerator for several hours.
• When ready to serve, remove the paper. The souffle should be above the rim of the glass. Top the soufflé with a dollop of whipped cream and place a couple of the reserved berries on top.

Steps:

• Make the raspberry syrup: In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, water and raspberries. Bring to a simmer and then remove from the heat. Stir until the sugar dissolves. Strain the syrup, pushing the pulp of the berries through but leaving behind the seeds. Discard the seeds. Chill the syrup at least 30 minutes and up to 24 hours.
• Get ready: Prepare a cocktail shaker with a fitted lid. On 2 small cocktail skewers, skewer 3 raspberries on each and set aside.
• Make the cocktail: In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add the bourbon, lemon juice and 4 ounces of the raspberry syrup. Shake until chilled.
• Serve: Add a few ice cubes into two glasses and pour half of the cocktail into each. Garnish with the raspberry skewers.

Steps:

• Place the raspberries, sugar, and 1/4 cup water in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer for 4 minutes. Pour the cooked raspberries, the jam, and the framboise into the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade and process until smooth. Pour into a container and chill. The sauce can be refrigerated for up to one week.

Steps:

• Place the yogurt in a strainer lined with a paper towel and let it drain over a bowl to thicken in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours, and up to 1 day. Discard the liquid and set the thickened yogurt aside.
• Puree half the raspberries in a food processor until smooth. Strain into a large bowl, pressing the liquid out with a rubber spatula. Discard the seeds. Whisk in the confectioners' sugar. Stir in the remaining raspberries.
• In a chilled small bowl whip the cream until stiff peaks are formed. Gently fold in the yogurt. Fold in the raspberry mixture.
• Spoon into cocktail glasses and chill, covered, for at least 1 hour. Serve with ladyfinger cookies.

Steps:

• Mash berries, water and wine together.
• Place in blender and puree.
• Put in large pot.
• Add cranberry juice, sugar, cinnamon and cloves.
• Bring just to a boil over med heat.
• Strain and cool.
• Whisk in lemon juice and yogurt.
• Chill.
• Serve with a dollop of sour cream.

Steps:

• Toss the raspberries, sugar and lemon zest and juice in a medium saucepan to combine, then mash slightly to release some of the berry juice. Set aside for 10 minutes to allow the raspberries to macerate and the sugar to dissolve. Meanwhile, place a small plate in the freezer to chill; this will be used to test the doneness of the jam.
• Place the saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring the mixture to a boil and then reduce the heat to medium, stirring frequently. Continue to cook until the jam becomes thick and syrupy, about 25 minutes. To test doneness, place a small amount of the jam onto the chilled plate and freeze for 2 minutes. Drag your finger or spoon through it. If the jam holds its shape and thickness, the jam is done; remove from the heat. If it's runny, continue to cook and test again in 5-minute increments. Once the jam has reached the right consistency, transfer to jars and cool completely before storing, covered tightly. Jam will keep in the refrigerator up to 6 months.

Steps:

• For the pastry, mix the flour, salt and butter together in a bowl - the butter should remain in cubes. Make a well in the centre and pour in the lemon juice and 100ml cold water. Mix well, then bring together with your hands.
• Tip the pastry onto a lightly floured surface and briefly knead until smooth. Shape into a rectangle, then wrap in cling film and chill for 30 mins.
• On a floured surface, use a rolling pin to ridge and roll (see tip, below left) the pastry into a rectangle, so that it is three times as long as it is wide, about 15 x 45cm. Keep the edges of the pastry as straight as you can.
• Lift the bottom third of the pastry and fold it up and over the middle third. Dust off any excess flour.
• Fold the top third of the pastry down and over the bottom third, so that you have three layers of pastry in a neat rectangle. Dust off any excess flour. Wrap and chill for 15 mins.
• Give the pastry a 90-degree right turn so it faces you like a book. Repeat steps 3-5 four more times, always starting with the pastry facing you as it was after the last fold and giving it a turn. Chill for 30 mins.
• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. On a lightly floured surface, roll the pastry out to a rough 32cm square. Using a sharp knife, trim the edges to make a neat 30cm square.
• Cut the pastry into 3 long strips measuring 30 x 10cm. Transfer to 2 baking sheets lined with baking parchment and chill for 30 mins or until firm.
• Top each tray with a sheet of baking parchment, then stack on top of each other. Pop another baking tray on top and weigh down with an ovenproof dish. Bake for 25-30 mins or until golden brown and crisp.
• Leave the pastry to cool a little, trim the edges if needed, then cut each sheet into 6 smaller rectangles. You should end up with 18 pieces of pastry measuring about 10 x 5cm.
• Transfer 1 piece of pastry to a serving plate, pipe over blobs of Crème patisserie (see recipe tip, below left), then top with some raspberries and another layer of pastry.
• Add another layer of Crème patisserie and raspberries. Dust a third piece of pastry with icing sugar, then decorate with more raspberries and pop this on top. Repeat with the remaining pastry to make 6 millefeuilles.

Steps:

• Place the yogurt in a strainer lined with a paper towels (or a 2 coffee filters) and let it drain over a bowl to thicken in the refrigerator (covered) for at least 4 hours, and up to 1 day; Discard the liquid and set the thickened yogurt aside.
• Puree half the raspberries in a food processor until smooth; strain into a large bowl, pressing the liquid out with a rubber spatula; discard the seeds and save all the juices.
• Whisk in the confectioners' sugar.
• Stir in the remaining raspberries.
• In a chilled small bowl whip the cream until stiff peaks are formed; gently fold in the yogurt, then fold in the raspberry mixture.
• Chill, covered, for at least 1 hour.
• Spoon into pretty cocktail glasses and stick a fancy cookie into each serving as a garnish.

Steps:

• Combine crumbs and margarine; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.
• Combine 24 ozs of cream cheese and sugar, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Blend in sour cream and vanilla; pour over crust.
• Combine remaining 8 ozs cream cheese and melted chocolate, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended.
• Add red raspberry preserves; mix well.
• Drop rounded measuring tablespoonfuls of chocolate cream cheese batter over plain cream cheese batter, do not swirl.
• Bake at 325°F for 1 hour and 25 minutes.
• Loosen cake from rim of pan; cool before removing rim of pan.
• Melt chocolate pieces and whipping cream over low heat stirring until smooth.
• Spread over cheesecake.
• Chill.
• Garnish with additional whipping cream, whipped, raspberries and fresh mint leaves, if desired.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Stir together crumbs, cocoa and powdered sugar in medium bowl, stir in melted butter. Press mixture onto bottom and 1-1/2 inches up the side of a 9 inch spring form pan. Bake 10 minutes, cool completely.
• Puree and strain raspberries; set aside. Sprinkle gelatin over cold water in small bow; let stand several minutes to soften. Add boiling water; stir until gelatin dissolves completely and mixture is clear. Beat cream cheese, granulated sugar and vanilla in large bowl until smooth. Gradually add raspberry puree and gelatin, mixing thoroughly; pour into prepared crust.
• Refrigerate several hours or overnight. Loosen cake from side of pan with knife; remove side of pan. Spread raspberry preserves over top. Garnish with Chocolate Whipped Cream. Cover; refrigerate leftovers.
• Chocolate Whipped Cream: Stir together 1/2 cup powdered sugar and 1/4 cup Hershey's Cocoa in medium bowl. Add 1/2 pint chilled whipping cream and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; beat until stiff.

Steps:

• Purée half of raspberries and 1/2 cup liqueur in processor until smooth. Strain mixture into large bowl, pressing on solids with rubber spatula. Discard seeds. Gently stir remaining raspberries into purée. Cover and chill.
• Using electric mixer, beat cream and sugar in another large bowl until firm peaks form. Fold half of whipped cream into raspberry mixture. Carefully fold in remaining cream.
• Spoon mixture into 12 goblets. refrigerate at least 2 hours or up to 8 hours. Sprinkle with nuts and serve.

Steps:

• Butter a 9-inch tube pan. Break angel food cake into chunks; set aside.
• Stir raspberry gelatin and boiling water together in a bowl until gelatin is dissolved; place gelatin in the refrigerator to cool slightly, about 10 minutes. Stir raspberries with syrup into gelatin.
• Beat cream in a chilled glass or metal bowl with an electric mixer until soft peaks form; fold whipped cream into raspberry mixture.
• Pour about 1/4 cup of raspberry mixture into prepared pan. Place 1/3 of cake chunks into pan; pour 1/3 of remaining raspberry mixture over cake. Repeat layering with remaining ingredients, ending with the raspberry mixture. Chill in refrigerator until firm, about 2 hours.
• To remove from pan, center a serving plate over tube pan; invert.

Steps:

• In a food processor purée the thawed raspberries with the syrup, force the mixture through a fine sieve into a heavy saucepan, pressing hard on the solids, and boil the raspberry purée, stirring occasionally, until it is reduced to about 1 cup. Let the raspberry purée cool and chill it.
• In a metal bowl beat together the eggs, the sugar, and the honey, set the bowl over a saucepan of simmering water, and beat the mixture until it is pale, thickened, and registers 160°F. on a candy thermometer. Beat the mixture set over a large bowl of ice and cold water until it is cold, in another bowl beat the cream until is just holds stiff peaks, and fold the cream and the walnuts into the egg mixture gently but thoroughly. Spoon the raspberry purée and the egg mixture decoratively into 6-ounce glasses, make swirls with a wooden skewer, and freeze the parfaits, covered, overnight. The parfaits may be made 2 days in advance and kept covered and frozen. Let the parfaits stand for 15 minutes before serving. Arrange the chocolate curls and the fresh raspberries decoratively on the parfaits.