Raspberry Dome with Slight ombre Look

1. It is a dessert, which takes some time, but with good preparation beforehand, the preparation afterwards is “a breeze” ……. It can be a little more elaborate for special occasions …… …… and the rest periods mean no work … 😉
2. Rinse a dome shape (capacity approx. 2 l) with cold water and then cover it with cling film so that enough film protrudes over the edge so that you can cover the contents with it later. Wrinkling cannot be avoided. Have the dome ready on a stand ring.
3. Put a few nice specimens of the frozen berries aside for decoration. Then bring the remaining frozen berries to the boil with 250 ml of water and 3 tablespoons of sugar and simmer until they have disintegrated and the sugar has dissolved. Take the pot off the heat, puree the berries with a hand blender and then strain through a sieve. This until only the kernels are left. Have the fruit pulp ready.
4. Let the couverture melt over a water bath over mild heat. In another bowl, stir together the quark, sour cream, yogurt, powdered sugar, vanilla sugar and lemon juice. Finally stir in the melted couverture and have everything ready. Whip the cream until stiff, keep ready separately.
5. Now prepare everything for the 4 layers of paint, i.e. fill 4 bowls with cold water. For layer 1 = soak 2.5 sheets of gelatine in it, mark a small note with the number 2.5 and place in the bowl. For layer 2 = soak 3.5 sheets, write on the label, place in the bowl. For layer 3 = 4.5 sheets soak, label … etc. For layer 4 = 5 sheets and label. (Labeling makes sense because there is a different amount everywhere, and it is easy to lose track of everything with each separate preparation of the respective layer. This avoids stress and it is not much of a job.
6. Regarding the layers, it should be said that – for the better optics – the lightest should always be on top. With a normal cake shape (which is not overturned) you always start with the darkest layer (no matter how many layers you choose) and get lighter and lighter towards the top. With a dome shape, which must now be overturned, it is exactly the opposite and you start with the lightest layer so that it is on top after the overturn.

Layer 1 (lightest layer):

1. Put the soaked and squeezed out 2.5 sheets of gelatine together with 4 tablespoons of raspberry pulp in a saucepan, dissolve over low heat and stir in a bowl with 350 g of the quark mixture. Fold in 50 g of the whipped cream and then pour into the dome. Place the mold on the base ring (as straight as possible) in the refrigerator until the very liquid mass has formed a firm skin on the surface. This can take 30-40 minutes.

Layer 2:

1. While the 1st layer is hardening, dissolve the 3.5 sheets of gelatine together with 150 g of raspberry pulp in a saucepan over a mild heat and stir in a bowl with 300 g of quark mixture. Then fold in 50 g of cream and let the mixture rest for so long at room temperature and let it tighten slightly but not set until the first layer is “stable” and the second does not sink in. Then carefully pour the 2nd layer into the dome, spoon by spoon, starting from the edge. Return to the refrigerator to harden the surface. Time as before.

Layer 3:

1. Dissolve the 4.5 leaves in 250 g raspberry pulp, stir into 250 g quark mixture and fold in 50 g cream. Otherwise proceed as with shifts 1 + 2 …..

Layer 4:

1. Dissolve the 5.5 sheets of gelatine in 360 g of raspberry pulp, stir into 200 g of quark mixture and fold in 50 g of cream. Apply this last layer in the same way as the 3 before. Then cover the mold with the slightly protruding cling film and let everything cool for at least 3 hours and let it set. It would be ideal overnight.

Completion:

1. Remove the cling film from the surface, place an appropriately sized plate on the open dome and turn everything around with a swing. Loosen the mold and peel off the foil. The furrows caused by the wrinkling of the film are “decoration” … ;-)) and I 1000 times prefer the fact that the quark food may not come off the mold. I cannot judge how a silicone mold behaves because I do not have one.
2. Garnish the dome as you wish and …………… enjoy. Incidentally, an eggnog cream tastes great with it ………….. if so, because already ……….. ;-)))))