Like ice cream, a frozen soufflé is light and airy with fresh, clean flavors. But what exactly is a frozen soufflé?
It’s a frozen version of an Italian meringue, a soft meringue (beaten egg whites) that has been cooked by slowly pouring hot sugar syrup over it instead of sweetening with granulated sugar. There is also an eggier style of frozen soufflé, based on a Bavarian cream, that cooks the egg yolks with sugar.
For a special Valentine’s Day dessert, it’s easy to make individual Frozen Raspberry Soufflés. Use frozen raspberries to keep the cost down and save the fresh raspberries for garnish. (The dish is not named for the frozen raspberries, but because it’s a frozen soufflé.)
If you’re looking for a particularly pretty or manly box of Valentine chocolate, take a look at this week’s Top Picks:
Each piece of Anna Shea Chocolate is a miniature work of art. The chocolates are designed to please someone with an eye (and palate) for beauty. But they’re not elitist: They’ll delight the chocolate connoisseur as well as the teenager. The boxes, in pink fabric or crocodile-stamped red leather, are keepers.
Chocolate Malts is a masculine counterpart: handsome chocolates filled with single malt Scotch-infused chocolate ganache. The Scotches represent almost every region of Scotland; and yes, they’re delicious with a glass of Scotch. In a gold box with a plaid ribbon, they’re a treat for any Scotch lover.
Garnish with a strawberry heart. Photo
courtesy Peligroso Tequila.
Cut a strawberry in half or in slices, and you get heart shapes.
Heart shapes make great garnishes for Valentine’s Day.
Whether you’re serving cocktails, mocktails, sparkling or plain water, a strawberry heart garnish spreads the love.
Peligroso Tequila wants to spread the love with a Peligroso Liquid Love cocktail. Peligroso means “dangerous” in Spanish. If you’d like a less strong cocktail, use 1 part each of tequila, cranberry juice and orange juice.
