Raspberry And Chambord Cream Parfait

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 1/2 cups fresh raspberries or 2 1/2 cups frozen raspberries
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 vanilla bean, split and scraped
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1 cup whipping cream, whipped (please,the real thing!)
• 1 tablespoon icing sugar
• 1 -2 tablespoon chambord raspberry liquor
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 12 raspberries, left whole, to garnish parfaits
• rolled cookies or tuile cookie, for garnish
• fresh mint (to garnish) (optional)

Recipe

• 1 compote:.
• 2 in a small saucepan over medium low heat add raspberries, sugar, vanilla pulp, cornstarch, and lemon zest. stir the mixture, occasionally, and cook until thickened, about 8-10 minutes. cool completely.
• 3 chambord cream:.
• 4 add icing sugar to the whipped cream and continue to whip it until it holds firm peaks.
• 5 fold in sour cream and chambord. fold 2 spoonsfull of the compote into the chambord cream.
• 6 assembly:.
• 7 put a layer of chambord cream into the bottom of 4 parfait glasses. (if you don't have parfait glasses be creative and use martini glasses or champagne flutes ~ you will have less per person ~ but you will be able to make more servings.).
• 8 add a layer of the raspberry compote and then repeat the process one more time, so there are 4 layers.
• 9 finish with a dollop of the cream and garnish with fresh raspberries, cookie and a sprig of mint, if using.