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Rhubarb Strawberry Compote
with Quarkschaum
(Rhabarber-Erdbeer Kompott mit Quarkschaum)

Ruhbarb Strawberry Compote with Quarkschaum in Ramekin

This is a delicious and refreshing dessert. The Quarkschaum topping is a wonderful blend of custard, Quark (may use puree of cottage cheese) and meringue.
Ruhbarb Strawberry Compote with Quarkschaum in Wine Glass

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Ingredients:
1 recipe Rhubarb Compote
1 cup strawberries

Quarkschaum

Custard:
You will need 1 cup
1/2 cup milk
2 egg yolks
1 vanilla bean
You can use a packaged custard as well

Quark Filling:
1/2 cup quark or rinsed cottage cheese and pureed
3/4 cup powdered sugar

Meringue:
2 Egg Whites
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar (optional)

mint leaves for garnish


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Directions:

Make the Rhubarb compote with this recipe



Only add 1 cup of Strawberries. Puree sauce

FIll a nice wine glass or goblet with the sauce leaving a space at the top fo the Quarkschaum.

or Ramekins or bowls
(Note: I didn't get a shot of putting the sauce in the ramekins before putting on the Quarkschaum).

There are many tools that can puree the sauce, a blender or food processor. In the olden days they put it through a food mill. If your interested down below is a discussion with ideas for a good blender and also a place to get Ramekins for this dessert. (They have all kinds of uses)
Want to discuss how to puree fruit?

Making the Quarkschaum

If you don't have quark you can make a similar filling by rinsing cottage cheese. Do enough to make 1/2 cup.

Puree cheese in blender or push through strainer.

4. Place milk in a stainless bowl that will fit on top of a 1 quart pan of simmering water. Split the vanilla bean and scrape out the vanilla seeds with a knife.

Place seeds and vanilla pod in the milk and heat over double boiler for a few minutes to extract flavor into the milk. Then remove the pod.

Add 1/4 cup of the powdered sugar to the egg yolks in another bowl and blend in.

Add this to the milk and cook for about 5 minutes over simmering water till thickened.

Here is what the texture will look like.
(click picture to enlarge)

Add the cream of tartar to the egg whites and whip with electric beater till frothy. Then add the reserved powdered sugar 2 tablespoons at a time as you continue to whip until stiff.

Fold in the quark or pureed cottage cheese Fold in the quark or pureed cottage cheese into the egg and milk custard

Fold in the stiff beaten egg whites.

Put Quarkschaum on top of the compote. I brown the quarkschaum here with a blow torch.

It also works well to put in nice looking oven proof dessert bowls or ramekins. Bake for 10-15 minutes on 400 degrees till it starts to lightly brown. Then turn on the broiler and keep oven door open so you can watch, to add a deeper browning on top. It browns fast.

I use a torch to cook the top of the Meringue

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Place a mint sprig on the side and serve. You can make this ahead and chill.

 

 

 

 

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