Candied Papaya Parfaits Recipe - Cooking Index
Candied Papaya Parfaits Recipe - Cooking Index
To serve this, you'll need eight martini glasses or similarly festive glassware. Piloncillo is solid brown sugar, available in Latin markets. You can substitute three-fourths cup packed dark brown sugar. Queso blanco, white cheese, is available in Latin markets.
Courses: Dessert| 6 cups | 1422ml | Water |
| 1/2 teaspoon | 2.5ml | Baking soda |
| 2 | Not-quite-ripe papayas - (abt 3 lbs total) - halved, seeds | |
| Scraped out, peeled, cut 2" by 1/2" strips | ||
| 5 | Whole cloves | |
| 1 1/2 cups | 240g / 8.5oz | Coarsely-grated piloncillo brown sugar |
| 1 cup | 198g / 7oz | Granulated sugar |
| 1 | Cinnamon stick - cracked in half | |
| 1/2 cup | 118ml | Heavy cream |
| 2 tablespoons | 30ml | Powdered sugar |
| 1/4 cup | 59ml | Sour cream |
| 1 cup | 237ml | Crumbled or grated queso blanco |
| 1/2 cup | 46g / 1.6oz | Unsweetened grated coconut - for garnish |
| = (or mint leaves) |
Combine the water and baking soda in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Add the papaya pieces and cook for 5 minutes over medium heat. With a slotted spoon, carefully transfer the fruit strips to a platter lined with paper towels; set aside.
Meanwhile, toast the cloves in a small skillet until fragrant, about 1 minute, and lightly crush them. Add the crushed cloves, piloncillo, granulated sugar and cinnamon to the papaya cooking liquid and cook over medium-high heat until the syrup is thick enough to thinly coat the back of a wooden spoon.
Return the papaya to the pan and cook for 30 minutes over medium heat. The syrup will turn a very dark amber. Let the papaya cool in the syrup, then transfer it, along with the syrup, to a bowl. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
The next day, put the heavy cream in a cold mixing bowl and whisk or beat, slowly adding the powdered sugar, until it holds soft peaks. Fold in the sour cream.
Drop 1 tablespoon of the queso blanco into each of 8 chilled martini glasses. Lay 4 slices of candied papaya on top. Add another tablespoon of crumbled queso blanco, then 4 more papaya slices. Drizzle some of the syrup over each, then spoon a dollop of whipped cream on top. Garnish each parfait with grated coconut, toasted for 13 to 15 minutes in a 350-degree oven, or mint leaves, as desired.
This recipe yields 8 servings.
Each serving: 382 calories; 4 grams protein; 61 grams carbohydrates; 3 grams fiber; 15 grams fat; 11 grams saturated fat; 40 mg. cholesterol; 311 mg. sodium.
Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 03-17-2004
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