Let’s toast to…Champagne bellini verrines
By rkhooks • Sep 18th, 2008 • Category: Dessert, Lately Khooked, recipe
Here’s a toast to a new flat, new job opportunities and plenty of new adventures. All this has kind of been keeping me away from blogging the last several months.
Next Saturday will be the grande finale of a project which has taken over my life for the last six weeks. I’m catering and managing a party of 80 people. 12 canapés per person, platters and giant cake. I’ve been working on the menu since July. With a week to go the menu is set and now I just need to start making it. I see lots of early morning starts and late nights coming my way next week.
One of the sweet canapés on the menu is a champagne bellini verrine. Super simply to make but very delicious.
serving depends on size of glass - should serve 6 normal size glasses
400ml champagne
1 large tin of peaches (reserve the syrup)
8 peaches
2 1/2 leaves of gelatine
Soak the gelatine. Pour the champagne and 200ml of the peach syrup into a bowl. Melt the gelatine over a gentle heat. Add a couple of spoons of the champagne to the gelatine. Mix well and then add to the rest of the champagne. Pour into a rectangle container and refridgerate for at least 6 hours or overnight.
To assemble: Puree the tinned peaches. Chop 6 peaches into small cubes. Remove the jelly from the fridge. Cut the jelly into small cubes (keep the jelly in the container though). I find this gives the jelly a more interesting texture. Now take your glasses and alternate layers of chopped peach, peach puree and champagne jelly. Refridgerate for a minimum of an hour. Before serving garnish with peach wedge.
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Hello friends
As Rachel’s clients for this event have so say I am absolutely delighted by her creativity and her amazing entertaining ideas for my party.
Rachel has such a flair for food styling and her attention to detail is so impressive.
My friends and I have been thrilled to see her powerpoint presentation and menus for this cocktail party.
Many of our friends are travelling from New York and London to Paris for this party. We feel so relaxed knowing Rachel is taking care of everything from ordering the food, to styling the event and organising the staff.
Rachel has showen us pictures, and draft menus and even a presentation of the proposed menu in photographs. She has even organised a kosher buffet for our Jewish friends! She has been a dream to work with.
I absolutely would recommend Rachel for any high calibre event and we will definitely be requesting her services again.
She is an absolute professional, a perfectionist with a natural warmth and ease about her, which makes her a perfect caterer for any event.
Highly recommended!
Yours sincerely
Lucy Ryan
Saint Germain, Paris
Good to see that you’re still blogging, Rachel. Now don’t make me wait again :p
Good luck Rachel - look forward to hearing about your new adventures! The bellini looks absolutely lovely. kx
Dearest Rachel
What can I say but express my immense appreciation to you and your creative team for everything that you did for Nicolas’ Wall Street birthday.
The whole apartment sparkled, the service was wonderful and every need was taken care of immediately by your friendly, professional and delightful staff.
I feel amazingly blessed to have had your vision and creative energy in managing this party. Through your planning and attentiveness, we were able to fully enjoy the party to the fullest.
The night was absolutely perfect. We adored the statute of liberty biscuits in the fois gras and the little verrines.
The quality of the ingredients, including the fresh produce, was second to none. The presentation awed our guests!
Your cake was truly spectacular. It was better than a dream!
Nicolas and I could not be more happy with the end result! We look forword to a wonderful working relationship for many years, and watching your blossoming success.
Although this word cannot express the depth of our appreciation for your work and creativity, here it is again….THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
Love
Lucy Ryan and Nicolas Bouisset
Saint Germain, Paris