Plate Painting
By: Anonymous
Published: Saturday, February 13, 2010 - 3:37am

Ingredients




2 12 oz bag frozen unsweetened raspberries, thawed
cup sugar
cup raspberry jam
Chocolate Sauce
butter
2 1 oz pieces unsweetened chocolate
2 cups sugar
1 cup light cream
cup light corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

1 To add pizzazz to any dessert presentation, painting on a simple white plate, using fruit coulis, or using milk, dark or white chocolate. Mango, raspberry, and black currant provide a great palette to work from. Using different size pastry, paint brushes, stencils one can paint, drizzle, spin and apply colors to provide the perfect backdrop for almost any dessert. 2 Raspberry Coulis:Puree all ingredients in processor. Do not over puree the raspberries of they will lose their colour. Strain the mixture through a fine sieve into a nonreactive bowl, pressing gently on the fruit to extract as much liquid as possible. 3 Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate. 4 Chocolate Sauce:In a saucepan, melt margarine and chocolate. Add sugar, cream, corn syrup and vanilla. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil for 1 1/2 minutes. Remove from the heat. 5 Raspberry Coulis