1/2 c Flour
1/4 c Sugar
2 lg Eggs
1/2 c Milk
Oil, for frying
4 ea Genoise, 3" layers **
2 ea Peaches, ripe
Pate a choux **
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3 ea Egg yolks
1/4 c Sugar
2 oz Grand Marnier
2 tb Water, warm
** See recipe for Genoise
Put the flour in a bowl and add sugar and mix.
Beat in eggs one at a time and, when they are incorporated and
the dough is smooth, add milk to make a batter.
Dip a ladle or a mold into the hot fat briefly and dip into the
batter. Put the ladle back into the fat carefully and fry until a
"basket" comes away from the ladle. Fry the basket until it's golden
and drain.
Fit the genoise into the bottom of each basket.
Drop peaches one at a time into boiling water for 10 seconds to
loosen the skin, then peel, halve and remove the pit. Place a peach
half on each genoise.
Form "handles" for the "baskets" out of Pate a Choux and bake
them, then secure to the baskets with thick chocolate icing.
Top each peach with sabayon and garnish with candy flowers.
Sabayon:
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Whisk egg yolks with sugar until they are light and
lemon-colored.
Add Grand Marnier and continue whisking. Put the mixture over
low heat and cook carefully.
Add warm water in a stream and whisk to form a smooth
light-yellow sauce.
Source: Great Chefs of New Orleans, Tele-record Productions
: Box 71112, New Orleans, Louisiana - 1983
: Chef Michel Marcais, Begue's Restaurant, New Orleans
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