Steemit Iron Chef 2018 Act 02 #07 : Carrot and Peach dessert

I didn't have to think that long for this one in sense of the vegetable I was going to use. In Latvia, there are only so many veggies you dare to put in a dessert. And I have already made one of our most popular traditional desserts here. Consequently, it was made from the same veggie I used today.

There are only two things that came into my mind when I read this weeks theme for The Steemit Iron Chef Contest. ''A dessert made with a common vegetable as the main ingredient''. Now, obviously, I was dumbstruck for a couple of seconds... Well, maybe minutes. Because I had already made the only dessert that I knew that could bare veggies. But that did not stop me.

I started brainstorming and two things came into my mind, carrots, and pumpkins. As pumpkin is not really considered a veggie, I decided for carrots. Of course, my mind tried to escape in the easy direction and just make one of my pancake recipes, but I thought that was not challenging enough so I found something new.

Also, later on, I was thinking about beets as they are sweet and could potentially be great in a sweet dish but I had already decided on using them carrots.

This took me around half an hour to make + 1,5 hours in the fridge. Also, serves around 5 portions but you could squeeze the sixth one in if you made tiny restaurant-sized portions.

Ingredients

2 big carrots
4 canned peach halves
18 g gelatin
150 g Greek yogurt
250 ml syrup from the canned peaches
1 tablespoon brown sugar

Fruits for garnishing.

This time I am cooking in a different way. I did not know this recipe before so I took my guidelines from this recipe in Latvian

My recipe is very similar to the original one, I just did some tiny things differently. I will write what I did but you should know who the recipe really comes from! Where its origins are!

Also, I think, this recipe would be as good with other canned fruits, like Apricots. I am not sure about pineapples but maybe they are worth a try even though that does not sound like a great combination.

First off, cut off the ends of your carrots and peel them, then take a medium-sized bowl.

The second thing I did was grate the carrots into the bowl and then blend them like I was directed in the recipe. But, If you have a blender that is not hand operated I am pretty sure you could get away with cutting the carrots in smaller pieces and blending them into a puree. I only have a hand blender so life is hard here (First world problems)

Put the peach halves and sugar in the bowl and blend again. Again, only if you are using a hand blender.

Lastly, add in yogurt and mix everything.

Suggestion. If you are using a regular blender, just take the carrots, peaches, sugar, and yogurt, and blend them all together, in a puree, that way you save time and your hand power.

Now, when everything is nicely together, the mix will still be quite thick.

Take the syrup from peaches and add gelatin in it. Let it rest for around 5 to 10 minutes then put it in a pot and heat up.

When it is hot, add it into the bowl with carrot/peach/yogurt mix and mix in thoroughly. Now the mix will be more on the liquid side.

Now, take smaller glasses or dessert bowls that you have and distribute the mix equally into each of them.

Put the full glasses in the fridge for 1,5 hours to 2 hours and enjoy!

The sweetness of the carrot and peaches means that you could potentially live without any extra sugar added. Also, I was thought that you should always put a pinch of salt in any dish you prepare as that adds a little zest to the dish. I do not know how true it is but I always do it! :D

After around 30 minutes in the fridge, you can garnish your dessert. Take it out, add some fruits on top and put back into the fridge. You can also do this right before eating.

Now, grab a spoonful and enjoy!
Have a great day, today, tomorrow, and forever!
Linda