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La conférence « Climat Cop15 » de Copenhague va bientôt toucher à sa fin : succès ou échec ? En tous
cas elle aura fait prendre conscience à chacun de nous de l’urgence de faire des efforts et nous aura rappelé plein d’astuces à vivre au quotidien : boycotter les sacs plastiques, prendre des
douches et non des bains , ne pas faire couler l’eau pendant qu’on se brosse les dents… Cette préoccupation touche tout le monde et tous les métiers, de l’automobile avec des voitures hybrides
jusqu’à l’industrie aéronautique qui construit des avions « plus vert » ; les américains grands utilisateurs d’avions travaillent d’ailleurs sur la mise au point d’un nouveau
système d’approche à l’atterrissage (NextGen) qui permettrait les descentes d’avions non pas par paliers mais de façon continue en économisant le kérosène.
Dommage on aimait bien les bonnes sensations des secousses et du trou d’air à l’atterrissage !!!!
Et vous qu’avez vous fait dernièrement pour préserver notre petite planète ?
Avant que la Terre ne disparaisse, pourquoi pas un petit dessert de fête célébrant ma « chère » Normandie ?!!!
The conference "Climate COP15 in Copenhagen will soon come to an end: success or failure? in all cases it has made everyone aware of us to the urgency of efforts and remind us a lot of tips for everyday living: boycott plastic bags, take showers instead of baths, do not run the the water while we brush our teeth ... This concern affects everyone and all trades from automobiles with hybrid cars to the aviation industry that builds planes "greener" .
Americans, as major users of aircraft
also works on developing a new approach to landing (NextGen) system which allow the aircraft not to descent by steps but by a continuously approach saving lots of fuel . Too bad we had so much
fun with air pockets when landing!!
And you what have you done lately to
preserve our small planet?
Before the Earth
disappears, why not having a dessert party celebrating my "dear" Normandy?!
SHORTBREAD, CALVADOS MOUSSE, SLICES OF FLAMBEED APPLES
Calvados is a brandy made with apples and is a culinary specialty of Normandy in the North-western part of France!
Ingredients
Serves 4
Shortbread
120g flour
baking powder 5g
Butter at room temperature 100g
60g caster
sugar
2 egg yolks
Calvados Mousse
2 egg yolks
40g sugar
20cl milk
2 egg whites
4 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons Calvados
2 sheets of gelatine
Flambée Apples slices
2 apples
1 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon Calvados
Shortbread
Mix flour sugar and baking
powder, mix with softened butter, add in the egg yolks, knead quickly, roll the dough between two baking sheets ; thickness must be of 1.5 cm and put in the fridge for 3 hours.
Preheat oven thermostat 6 / 7
After this time encircling shortbread with cookie cutters with a diameter of 6cm and then pose with their circle on a baking sheet (you
can butter the circles, I don’t..)
Bake in hot oven for ten minutes.
Cool the shortbreads in their circles.
The Calvados Mousse
Rehydrate the gelatine in cold water.
Make custard: whisk the egg yolks with sugar, heat the milk then pour the mixture over sugar-egg yolk. Put it back to the
saucepan and cook gently, stirring until that custard is set.
In a small saucepan, heat the Calvados up to boiling to “let alcohol away” and then pour the gelatine previously dewatered (by hand).
Then pour the Calvados in custard and let cool in a bowl. Put in the fridge .
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When the custard is very cold start to beat whites with two tablespoons of sugar. Once the whites have good foamed add the remaining sugar and whisk for 5 minutes to have
a nice white glow.
Add them with the rubber spatula to the cooled cold custard.
Wrap the shortbread with rhodoïd sheets or rigid transparent sheets (those used to make presentations at the office). Pour the Mousse put in the
fridge for 4 hours.
Apples flambéed
Peel and cut the apples with the mandolin or in thin slices.
In a skillet heat the butter and sugar, cook the apple slices up to “caramelization”.
Pour the Calvados over the apples light a
match to have them “flambéed”.
Let cool a little bit.
Service
Take out of the fridge the Shortbread/mousse 10 minutes before serving, place the apple slices and serve still warm.