Blood Orange Pavlovas With Grand Marnier Recipes

BLOOD-ORANGE PAVLOVAS WITH GRAND MARNIER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 225 degrees. Cut oranges into segments. Toss with 3 tablespoons liqueur; refrigerate.
• Make meringue: Put egg whites, 1 cup sugar, and a pinch of salt in the heatproof bowl of an electric mixer. Set over a pan of simmering water; whisk constantly until sugar is melted and mixture is hot.
• Fit mixer with whisk attachment; beat egg-white mixture on medium speed until soft peaks form. Raise speed to high; beat until cool, and stiff, glossy peaks form. Beat in vinegar and vanilla.
• Using a rubber spatula, mound meringue into twelve 3-inch-wide rounds on parchment-paper-lined baking sheets. Swirl edges and make a well in center of each meringue. Bake until crisp and just set in center, 40 to 50 minutes. Let cool on sheet on a wire rack. When meringues are cool enough to handle, peel off parchment. Let cool completely.
• Make custard: Stir together yolks, juice, remaining 1/4 cup each sugar and liqueur, and 1/8 teaspoon salt in a large heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water; whisk until thickened and a spoon leaves a wake, about 4 minutes. Pass mixture through a fine sieve into a bowl. Refrigerate until cold, about 1 hour.
• Beat cream to soft peaks; fold into custard. Refrigerate until ready to serve, up to 4 hours (rewhisk before using).
• Just before serving, mound custard in each meringue. Top custard mounds with orange segments and their juices.

BLOOD-ORANGE PAVLOVAS WITH GRAND MARNIER

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 225°F. Cut the oranges into segments. Toss with 3 tablespoons liqueur; refrigerate until ready to use.
• Make the meringue: Put the egg whites, 1 cup sugar, and a pinch of salt in the heatproof bowl of an electric mixer. Set over a pan of simmering water; whisk constantly until the sugar is melted and the mixture is hot.
• Using the whisk attachment, beat the egg white mixture on medium speed until soft peaks form. Raise speed to high; beat until cool, and stiff, glossy peaks form. Beat in the vinegar and vanilla.
• Using a rubber spatula, mound the meringue into 12 3-inch-wide rounds on parchment-paper-lined baking sheets. Swirl the edges and make a well in the center of each meringue. Bake until crisp and just set in the center, 40 to 50 minutes. Let cool on the sheet on a wire rack. When the meringues are cool enough to handle, peel off the parchment. Let cool completely.
• Make the custard: Stir together the yolks, orange juice, remaining 1/4 cup each sugar and liqueur, and 1/8 teaspoon salt in a large heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water; whisk until thickened and a spoon leaves a wake, about 4 minutes. Pass the mixture through a fine sieve into a bowl. Refrigerate until cold, about 1 hour.
• Beat the cream to soft peaks; fold into the custard. Refrigerate until ready to serve, up to 4 hours (rewhisk before using).
• Just before serving, mound custard in each meringue. Top the custard mounds with orange segments and their juices.

BLOOD ORANGES WITH GRAND MARNIER SABAYON

Steps:

• Finely grate enough zest from 1 orange to measure 1/2 teaspoon. With a sharp knife cut peel from oranges, including all white pith, and cut sections free from membranes. Squeeze enough juice from membranes to measure 2 tablespoons. Divide sections among 4 stemmed glasses.
• Have ready an instant-read thermometer in a measuring cup of hot water. In a metal bowl whisk together zest, yolks, orange and lemon juices, sugar, and liqueur until combined well. Set bowl over a saucepan of simmering water and cook mixture, whisking constantly, until tripled in volume and thermometer registers 140°F., 3 to 5 minutes. Cook sabayon, whisking, 3 minutes more, or until thickened enough so that strokes leave a clear path.
• Spoon sabayon over orange sections and garnish with pistachios.