redshoesnblueskies reblogged
redshoesnblueskies reblogged
Tonight @dduane remade “Dean Swift’s Burnt Oranges” so we could have a better photo for the upcoming RealIrishDesserts.com website. As the photographer, I think the dish looks good. It certainly tasted good…
Peeled orange segments are cooked in a mixture of orange juice, butter, wine and sugar until everything turns to a caramel sauce, then finished with whiskey which is briefly set alight to make crunchy crystals in the caramel. That’s the Burnt bit, and the trick is to make the crystals without charring the fruit.
In period the alcohol would have probably been brandy. This could be a flambée trick at table, but it’s really meant to be done in the kitchen because each bowlful is finally topped off with cream and orange zest before serving.
(Dean Swift of St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin was Jonathan “Gulliver’s Travels” Swift. We have NO plans to include his dining suggestion from “A Modest Proposal” in EuropeanCuisines.com or anywhere else.) :-P