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Oranges à la Norvégienne
Created by Chef Juliette
Four frozen orange shells beneath high meringue crowns, browned in seconds under the grill: a bright celebration dessert whose whole lesson is the discipline of hot against cold.
Oranges à la Norvégienne (orange shells filled with citrus ice and crowned with Italian meringue) teaches the cleanest hot-and-cold lesson in the dessert canon: the outside must colour before the inside has time to soften. That is the one true thing to know before touching a pan. Everything else prepares you for those few seconds beneath fierce heat.
The book assumed brigade quantities, orange ice and Meringue à l’Italienne (No. 2383) waiting as separate preparations, broken ice on command, and a salamander hot enough to colour on contact. A home kitchen offers a freezer, four fruit shells, a metal tray of crushed ice, and a broiler or grill turned fully high. We scale only the service, not the intent: two cups each of citrus ice and finished meringue, the filled shells frozen hard, then browned fast. One cook, one stove, one evening.
Making a great basin of meringue and holding a salamander are brigade scaffolding. Hollowing the fruit, filling it only three-parts, covering the cold centre completely, and colouring the meringue at speed are the dish and must stay. Freeze the filled shells until they feel stone-firm before you pipe. That firmness is your margin, and the quick colour is your victory.
Ingredients
medium navel oranges
Quantity
4 (about 2 1/2 lb / 1.1 kg total)
orange ice or smooth water-based orange sorbet
Quantity
2 cups (475 ml / about 400 g)
Meringue à l’Italienne
Quantity
2 cups (475 ml / about 180 g) Meringue à l’Italienne (No. 2383)
finished and at cool room temperature
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| medium navel oranges | 4 (about 2 1/2 lb / 1.1 kg total) |
| orange ice or smooth water-based orange sorbet | 2 cups (475 ml / about 400 g) |
| Meringue à l’Italiennefinished and at cool room temperature | 2 cups (475 ml / about 180 g) Meringue à l’Italienne (No. 2383) |
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