I personally love beets and use it frequently in my cooking. You will find quite a few dishes with beets on my site such as Sesame Crusted Cod with Beetroot Cream or Beet Cranberry Horseradish Mousse among others. All of the dishes that I have made with beets so far are savory. So I have decided to make a dessert for my 5 Star Makeover entry, Duo of Beet Sorbets and Goat Cheese Beet Fritters with Honey Foam.
This dessert contains three different components. First, I have prepared the sorbets, one with red beets and the other with golden beets. To make the sorbets, both beets were cooked until tender first. Then, the red beets were combined with cranberry juice, red wine, and sugar in a food processor, while the golden beets were mixed with sugar, apple juice, and white wine. After freezing, both sorbets had a lovely texture and taste, with the red beet sorbet having a brighter bolder flavor while the golden beet sorbet was a lot more delicate.
The goat cheese beet fritters were prepared much like the method used in Sweet Goat Cheese Grape Fritters I have made in the past, with the beets grated into the batter. The colors came through beautifully and the crunchy panko coating was very nice.
A final finishing touch was a honey foam. I reserved some of the water from cooking the beets and mixed it with honey and lethicin with my immersion blender.
The resulting dessert featured a wonderful contrast between temperatures and textures, with the smooth cool sorbets, crunchy hot fritters, and a delicate airy foam. It was definitely a success.
I can't wait to see the dishes that my fellow 5 Star Makeover group participants made! Tune in on Friday to check out the roundup!
