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Spuma de mere
1 lb/500 g apples, 2 1/2 cups water, 3/4 cup sugar, 1/2 oz/15 g gelatine
Wash and quarter the apples, remove seeds and boil until soft. Drain the liquid in another pot and sieve the apples. To the strained apple liquid, add gelatine, dissolve it, add sugar and return to heat for another boil. After it has cooled down, pour the apple liquid in a tall bowl, add the apple puree and whip until foamy. Pour in cups or glasses and serve. You can use other fruits to prepare this.
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Fresh fruits mixture/
Melanj de fructe proaspete
2 apples, 3 juicy pears, 15 ripe plums, 1 cup white grapes, 1 cup red grapes, 2-3 slices cantaloupe, juice from one lemon, 2 cups white wine, 1 cup confectioner's sugar
Peel, seed and thinly slice the pears and apples. Peel, side and quarter and plums. Wash the grapes well and drain. Peel and cube the cantaloupe. Mix all fruits with the sugar, wine and lemon juice and refrigerate for 2-3 hours. Serve in cups or glasses with a ladyfinger.
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Strawberries with cream/
Capsuni cu frisca
2 lbs/1 kg strawberries, 1 cup rum, 1/2 cup sugar, whipped cream to taste
Wash and hull the strawberries. Take a trifle bowl and arrange a layer of strawberries, some sugar, some rum. Repeat until you use up all strawberries. Refrigerate. When serving, add a layer of whipped cream and garnish with a few strawberries on top.
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Stuffed cantaloupe/
Pepene galben umplut
1 large cantaloupe, 2 large pear, 1 large apple, 2-3 peaches, 2-3 plums, 1 cup mixed white and red grapes, 1 cup wine, 1 cup rum, 1/2 cup sugar, 3 tablespoons gelatine, 1 tablespoon vanilla
Peel, seed and cube the apple and pear. Do the same for the plums and peaches. Wash the grapes well. Put all these fruits in a bowl and mix with a tablespoon of sugar. Cut a slice off the top of the cantaloupe and remove all seeds. Then fill with the other fruits, shaking the cantaloupe well for the fruits to settle and mix. Heat the wine and sugar to a boil, add the gelatine and mix with a spoon so that it dissolves well. Strain through a sieve and add the rum and vanilla. When the mixture is almost cold, pour into the cantaloupe to cover the fruits and then refrigerate. When serving, halve lengthwise and then each half in slices.
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