Luxury hotel Armani Hotel Dubai will take it’s guests on a gastronomical journey this summer with samples of the finest regionaldishes from the reaches of India and Italy. FOUR helps whet your appetite with this exclusive menu highlight of cubo cassata with candied citrus fruits and a raspberry sorbet.
Serves4
Ingredients
Ricotta mousse
250g fresh Italian ricotta
50g egg white
100g sugar
100g whipped cream
30g candied orange
30g candied lemon
2 x gelatin leaves
Raspberry sorbet
100g raspberry puree
40g water
25g sugar
10g trimoline
1g stabilizator
Sponge biscuit
50g egg yolk
90g egg white
55g sugar
32g corn starch
32g flour
Method
Ricotta mousse
Make an Italian meringue by dissolving sugar with some water at 121C.Add the liquid to whipped egg white, then keep whipping until the mixture cooled down.Mix fresh ricotta cheese with the candied citrus and add gelatin.Combine the meringue and ricotta and mix together.
Raspberry sorbet
Boil the water with the trimoline, sugar and stabilizator to make a syrup.Mix syrup and fruit puree, then keep in the fridge for 24 hours.Take out of fridge and churn in ice cream maker.
Sponge biscuit
Whip egg white with the sugar, then add the yolk slowly.Add the flour and spray on baking tray, 1cm high.Bake at 180Cfor 12 minutes
To serve
Cut the sponge in squares of 4.5 cm, place on the bottom of the cube-shaped Inox mold (5 cm side).Add the ricotta mousse until the top of the cube.Keep in the freezer for 12 hours, remove Inox mold and cut the center of the cube to be able to place liquid raspberry puree.Add white chocolate garnish on top of bottom of the cube (optional).Serve the raspberry sorbet on the top of the cube with some berries as garnish.
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Burj Khalifa
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
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