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      Title: Bavarese Ai Frutti Di Bosco (Mixed Berry Bavarian)
 Categories: Desserts, Italian
      Yield: 6 Servings
 
    500 g  Mixed berries
           -(strawberries, raspberries,
           -blueberries, currants,
           -blackberries); frozen are
           -ok
    200 ml Cream
      1    Vanilla bean; slit
           -lengthwise
      2    Egg whites
      1 pn Salt
    150 g  Sugar
     20 g  Gelatin sheet; soaked in
           -cold water
           Confectioners' sugar
 
  Combine in a casserole 120 g sugar, 2 tb water, and the vanilla bean.
  Bring to the boil and simmer 2 to 3 minutes.
  
  Beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt in a metal bowl. Pour the hot
  syrup in a thin stream and continue to beat the meringue for 5 to 6
  minutes until thick and cooled.
  
  Puree the fruits, saving a few for decoration, in a mixer with 30 g
  sugar. Pour the puree in a casserole. Bring to the boil and mix in
  the gelatin and its soaking water. Let cool.
  
  Pour 1/3rd of this puree into the base of a springform lined with
  kitchen paper. Put in the freezer until solid.
  
  Combine the meringue with the remaining fruit puree.
  
  Beat the cream with an electric mixer and carefully fold it into the
  meringue mixture. Pour over the frozen puree in the mold. Refrigerate
  for at least 4 hours or until sufficiently solid; then undo the
  springform and unmold onto a serving platter.
  
  Decorate with the reserved berries and a sprinkling of confectioners'
  sugar.
  
  Recipe by Signora Milena Gatti di Bernate Ticino, Milano
 
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