Rubis Chocolate Wine brings a rich, complex and uncompromising chocolate wine to the Festival and Food and Drink, at Clumber Park, that luxuriates in difference. Darkly decadent Spanish Tempranillo grapes and the precious essence of Cacao come together to create a taste experience and a delight to the senses.
Enjoyed on its own or over ice cream, Rubis Chocolate Wine can also be used to create beautiful desserts such as Tiramisu, an Italian tradition, but everyone needs a little refresh now and again. Rubis thought it was time to show this classic some love with a new take on this ageless after dinner indulgence with a very tempting twist.
Rubis Tiramisu, an individual dessert with irresistible deliciousness.
Makes: 5/6 servings
Ingredients
For the Rubis Chocolate Wine caramel:
240g caster sugar
300g frozen cranberries, defrosted and blended in a food processor
240ml Rubis Chocolate Wine
8 whole cloves
2 cinnamon sticks
1 whole nutmeg
2 star anise
1 vanilla pod, split lengthways and seeds scraped
2 oranges – one skin peeled, the other finely grated
300ml cranberry juice
For the mascarpone cream:
50g caster sugar
3 eggs, separated
500g mascarpone
60ml Grand Marnier
Finely grated zest of 1 orange
¼ tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp freshly ground nutmeg
Salt
To layer and serve
200g sponge finger biscuits
2 shots espresso
¾ tsp cocoa powder
⅛ tsp ground cinnamon
⅛ tsp freshly ground nutmeg
Method
The caramel
Find a large, deep pan and cook the sugar over moderately high heat for 5 minutes, until the melted sugar turns a deep golden caramel colour. Remove from the heat and then add the cold cranberries. The caramel will bubble when the cranberries go in, so be careful.
Once the cranberries are covered in caramel, return the pan to the heat and cook for a further 5 minutes, stirring until the caramel has melted again.
Turn up the heat to medium-high and add the Rubis Chocolate Wine, cloves, cinnamon, whole nutmeg, star anise, the split vanilla pod and shaved orange rind. Reduce down for 5 minutes and then add the cranberry juice and 60ml water.
Simmer until the caramel has thickened to a runny jam consistency, this should take around 15 minutes. Then remove from the heat and set aside to cool, taking out the spices and peel.
The cream
To prepare the mascarpone cream, whisk the sugar and egg yolks until pale and fluffy, then gently fold in the mascarpone.
In a separate bowl, whisk egg whites and a pinch of salt into stiff peaks, then add to the mascarpone along with the Grand Marnier, orange zest, vanilla seeds, ground cinnamon and ground nutmeg.
Gently fold everything together.
To serve
To serve, place the mascarpone, sponge fingers soaked in caramel, and drizzle of espresso in alternating layers into each glass, finishing with a top layer of mascarpone.
Cover each glass with cling film and refrigerate for 24 hours, or at least overnight. Uncover and top with a dusting of the cocoa, cinnamon and nutmeg mixture to serve.
Rich, velvety and oh so sweet, these Tiramisu pots might just end up as your favourite dessert!
Rubis Chocolate Wine will be attending The Festival of Food and Drink 2018, please pop along and see them in the Food and Drink Marquee. Tickets for the festival can be purchased here.
