Tuesdays with Dorie BWD: Parfait-Layered Vacherin

July 23, 2024 at 10:16 pm | Posted in breakfast things, BWD, cakes & tortes, groups, ice creams & frozen, sweet things, tuesdays with dorie | 3 Comments
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If you open your freezer looking for a treat that’s sweet and creamy, but also light and airy, this Parfait-Layered Vacherin might be exactly what you hope to find. It’s something like an ice cream cake, with whipped cream parfait instead of ice cream and crunchy meringue bits instead of cake. It’s cold, but it never freezes too hard, and a drizzle of caramel sauce over the top really does take it over the top.

First thing to do for this is to buy or make a batch of meringues and then break them up into bits, big and small. The parfait is made from whipped egg yolks, whipped cream and whipped whites, gently folded together to make a feather-light mix. Layer the meringue bits and the parfait mix in a springform and freeze for several hours. Dorie finishes her vacherin with a drizzle of caramel sauce and a sprinkle of toasted almonds. I had some passion fruit caramel leftover from another dessert and I repurposed it here to save myself a step. The caramel had a bit of a tart edge to it from the passion fruit juice, and I think it balanced out the sweet meringue bits nicely. My almonds didn’t make it to the photoshoot because I annoyingly forgot them in the kitchen, but a few strawberries managed to come along for the ride. What a delight this is…pretty easy to make, kinda fancy, very nice to slice and definitely great to eat. I can imagine taking the parfait mix in various flavor directions, too.

You can watch Dorie make this dessert here. If you don’t have the book Baking with Dorie: Sweet, Salty & Simple by Dorie Greenspan yet, get it and join us as we bake through it every second and fourth Tuesdays! Don’t forget to check out the rest of the TWD Blogroll and all the other participation deets over on Tuesdays with Dorie!

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Beautiful as usual Steph…always enjoy reading your take on our bakes as well! 🙂

Comment by isthisakeeper— July 29, 2024 #

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I like the look of your layers and the passion fruit sauce sounds like a good addition.

Comment by Diane Zwang— July 30, 2024 #

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Oh, yes, those strawberries coming along for the ride make a huge impact…noting that in my book, giving you full credit, of course. Can I have a small thin slice of this while I am reading my book in your courtyard? Thanks.

Comment by Kayte Gerth— July 30, 2024 #

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a whisk and a spoon