Kiwi Charlotte

Recipes of Desserts and Fruits

Ingredients for Kiwi Charlotte

• 12 lady fingers
• 3 kiwis
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 2 tablespoons kirsch
• 4 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup milk
• 1 vanilla bean
• 1 tablespoon unflavored gelatin
• 1 cup whipping cream

Preparation of Kiwi Charlotte

1. Sprinkle a charlotte mold with sugar. Line the mold with lady fingers.

2. Peel and cut kiwis in slices; put in a bowl. Pour honey and kirsch. Cover and marinate in the refrigerator 30 minutes.

3. Beat the egg yolks with sugar. Boil the milk with the vanilla and pour gradually over the beaten yolks. Cook without boiling until thickened.

4. Add the gelatin, soaked in cold water, to the hot cream. Let cool until the cream starts to set. Beat the whipping cream with the remaining sugar and fold into the vanilla cream. Pour 3/4 of the cream into the mold. Put a layer of kiwis and pour the remaining cream.

5. Chill for 2 hours. Unmold on a serving dish and garnish with kiwis, maraschino cherries and cream.