Raspberry Syllabub with Chardonnay Vanilla Biscuits – Summer in a Glass
Yesterday, I made the most delicious dessert I’ve ever eaten. Well that may be a slight exaggeration, but this raspberry syllabub with Chardonnay vanilla biscuits was up there with the best. It was cool and creamy, but warming at the same time with bursts of intense summery tartness and accompanied by crisp vanilla biscuits with fruity tones. And it was all thanks to Lindeman’s.
Table Wine
Alcohol can add a welcome dimension to most desserts, with complex notes that give extra flavour and interest. But it wasn’t until I was asked to develop a recipe using Lindeman’s Chardonnay Bin 65 that I really thought about using table wine as an ingredient. Of course any left over glugs of wine get readily used in risottos and stews, so why not in sweet courses too? You could use your favourite white wine instead of Chardonnay or even fizz if you want to make it more special.
Summer in a Glass
Raspberry Syllabub
My thoughts jumped immediately to lemon syllabub, a classic dessert using cream and wine. Well that was a bit too obvious and with summer fast approaching, I wanted to capture the sunshine embedded in those Chardonnay grapes and reflect it in a summery dessert. Raspberry syllabub was my answer. Layers of light, creamy, mousse-like syllabub alternating with wine soaked flavoursome raspberries. Not too sweet, but rich and boozy, a little goes a long way and makes it the perfect dessert for an adult dinner party. The kids can indulge in the biscuits; there are plenty to go around and the alcohol will have been baked out of them. Whereas the wine is obvious in the syllabub, it’s a bit more subtle in the biscuits, but a delightful fruity tone can be detected amongst the more powerful vanilla notes.
No Chardonnay for Us
The Chardonnay was crisp and fruity and tasted of summer sunshine, but I only managed a sip, before I stupidly and very annoyingly dropped the bottle whilst trying to take photographs. So the glass of wine we were both looking forward to, failed to materialise. Luckily, we had some raspberry syllabub and delicious Chardonnay biscuits to console ourselves with.
Raspberry Syllabub with Vanilla Chardonnay Biscuits – The Recipe
- 200 g flour half wholemeal, half plain white
- 100 g unsalted butter
- 100 g vanilla sugar I have a jar of golden caster sugar permanently on the go in which I place scraped out vanilla pods
- 1 vanilla pod
- 4-6 tbsp Chardonnay wine
- Vanilla sugar powder for dusting.
- 250 g double cream
- 100 ml Lindeman's Chardonnay Bin 65
- 50 g vanilla sugar see above
- 150 g fresh raspberries
- Cut the butter into pieces and rub with flour and sugar between your fingers , or pulse in a food processor, until mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
- Scrape the seeds from the vanilla pod and stir into the mix. The scraped out pod can be added to your sugar jar.
- Add 4 tbsp (or more) of wine and stir in with a knife. It should be just damp enough, so that when you bring the mixture together with your hands, it comes together without breaking up, but is not wet.
- Gather the mixture into a ball with your hands, cover and leave to rest in the fridge for half an hour.
- Roll out on a floured board to about ¼ cm thick and cut out shapes with a small cutter (about 4-5 cm in diameter).
- Place on two lined baking trays and bake at 180℃ for 12-15 minutes or until the biscuits are just starting to turn colour.
- Leave for a couple of minutes to firm up, then transfer to a wire rack to cool
- Dust with vanilla sugar and serve.
- In a small bowl, soften 25g of the sugar in 75 ml of the wine for as long as you can, but at least 15 minutes.
- Using a fork, roughly crush 75g raspberries in another bowl with 25 ml of the wine and the remaining sugar.
- Whip the cream and when it starts to thicken, add the wine and sugar in stages, beating between each stage until the cream just about holds it's shape. Electric beaters are best used for this.
Place a raspberry at the bottom of six glasses, followed by a spoonful of the crushed raspberry mixture followed by 2-3 spoonfuls of the syllabub. Divide all but six of the remaining raspberries between the glasses, followed by the remaining crushed raspberries and the remaining syllabub.
- Place the last six raspberries on top.
Makes 36 biscuits, two for each of the six syllabubs and plenty left over for later consumption.
Swap the Chardonnay for your favourite white wine or even fizz if you want to make it more special.
Other dessert recipes using wine
- Champagne syllabub with orange rhubarb compote via Tin and Thyme
- Chocolate and cranberry red wine cake via Tin and Thyme
- Grilled pineapple with a sorrel wine dip – Sierra Leone flavours via Recipes from a Pantry
Linkies
I’m sending this raspberry syllabub with chardonnay vanilla biscuits to Lucy at Supergolden Bakes for #CookBlogShare. The recipe is also going to Emily at A Mummy Too for #RecipeoftheWeek
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Sammie
8th May 2015 at 8:25 pmThese syllabubs look beautiful and with the biscuits, such an amazing flavour combo. Sammie x
Choclette
9th May 2015 at 9:21 amThank you Sammie. I can’t tell you how good they were.
Becca
8th May 2015 at 8:34 pmThis looks so good! I’m lactose intolerant but I might have a go at this by changing the dairy to non dairy!
Becca
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Choclette
9th May 2015 at 9:20 amIt would be really interesting to see if the wine work with non dairy Becca. It’s meant to be a very light mixture. If you do try it, please let me know how it goes.
Beth @ BethinaBox.com
8th May 2015 at 9:01 pmOh wow… those look amazing. I am really craving fruit at the moment and these would be perfect I think!
Choclette
9th May 2015 at 9:22 amHaha Beth – I think the cream might be in more evidence than the fruit.
Angie@Angie's Recipes
9th May 2015 at 3:59 amThese syllabubs look so inviting!
Choclette
9th May 2015 at 9:23 amThank you Angie. They looked fabulous, but it’s so hard to catch on camera.
Elizabeth
9th May 2015 at 8:22 amGorgeous recipe! I can just imagine sitting outdoors under the warm sun tucking into this. Yum!
Choclette
9th May 2015 at 9:24 amAbsolutely Elizabeth, it can’t be long now. Bring it on!
Bintu @ Recipes From A Pantry
9th May 2015 at 10:08 amPlease can I laugh about dropping the wine? What a fab grown up dessert.
Choclette
9th May 2015 at 1:12 pmIt didn’t feel very funny at the time Bintu, but I’ll let you off 😉
Viccy H
9th May 2015 at 2:57 pmOh my goodness: it looks amazing, yet it sounds so simple and easy to make!
Such an elegant dessert – well done
xVx
Choclette
9th May 2015 at 3:43 pmThank you Viccy. It tastes amazing too, but as you say is very simple to make.
Helen at Casa Costello
9th May 2015 at 3:02 pmOh no what a waste of good wine! Your desserts look absolutely stunning -Just up my street x
Choclette
9th May 2015 at 3:45 pmI know, I was gutted Helen, but rather relieved I didn’t break the glasses too.
Emma @ Supper in the Suburbs
9th May 2015 at 3:38 pmLove the Chardonnay in the buscuits! Fab idea 🙂
Choclette
9th May 2015 at 3:46 pmThanks Emma, I was rather pleased with that bit of inspiration 🙂
Dom
9th May 2015 at 3:45 pmwhat a clever idea with those biscuits. the syllabub looks damn fine too but the chardonnay biscuits sound so good!
Choclette
9th May 2015 at 5:33 pmThanks Dom. Sometimes inspiration hits AND works 😉
Dom
9th May 2015 at 4:01 pmoh, did I mention, I love the new header too!
Choclette
9th May 2015 at 5:34 pmOh bless you Dom. You are the only person that’s mentioned it on my blog.
Glamorous Glutton
9th May 2015 at 8:08 pmGreat dessert and a lovely way to use the wine. The syllabubs look fab on the red Cornishware plate. GG
Choclette
9th May 2015 at 8:45 pmThanks GG. They did look good on the Cornishware, but I found it really hard to capture on camera.
Nayna Kanabar
9th May 2015 at 9:58 pmThis looks like one super delicious desert I love the layering.
Choclette
10th May 2015 at 10:00 amThank you Nayna. It was indeed delicious, but I loved the colours in the syllabub too.
Jen
9th May 2015 at 11:49 pmCommiserations for the dropped wine bottle, at least plenty of the wine made into this fantastic looking dessert though. Looks perfect for enjoying on a summer’s evening 🙂
Choclette
10th May 2015 at 9:58 amThanks Jen. How right you are. At least I didn’t drop the bottle before making the syllabub and biscuits – phew!
Paola
10th May 2015 at 2:46 pmThis sounds and looks absolutly gorgeous! I will definetly give it a try!
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Choclette
10th May 2015 at 3:42 pmPlease do Paola – it’s the sort of thing that will put a smile on most people’s faces.
Ursula Barzey
10th May 2015 at 3:23 pmThis looks totally delicious. And better yet, the recipe doesn’t seem that complicated. Will definitely have to give it a try.
Choclette
10th May 2015 at 3:43 pmThe syllabub is dead easy to make Ursula and the biscuits aren’t too bad either.
Helen
10th May 2015 at 8:30 pmThese look gorgeous and would be perfect for the Jewish festival of Shavuot which is coming up in a couple of weeks – we traditionally eat all sorts of creamy, dairy desserts. YUM!
Choclette
10th May 2015 at 8:49 pmI know so little about Jewish festivals Helen. I’ve not heard of Shavuot before.
Alison
11th May 2015 at 10:39 amThat looks gorgeous. I will have to try them. What a nightmare dropping the wine!
Choclette
11th May 2015 at 11:14 amThanks Alison, do give them a go, they are sublime. As for the wine, I find it best not to think about it 🙁
Isabella
11th May 2015 at 12:12 pmThese look so gorgeous! Love the idea of chardonnay vanilla biscuits, perfect summer dessert! Sorry to hear about the wine though 🙁
Choclette
11th May 2015 at 1:03 pmThanks Isabella – roll on summer I say 🙂
Jean | DelightfulRepast.com
11th May 2015 at 8:10 pmChoclette, these biscuits look like something I’d enjoy very much with a nice cuppa tea!
Choclette
11th May 2015 at 8:27 pmThank you Jean. I enjoyed them very naughtily, as you can see, with the syllabub 😉
Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy
12th May 2015 at 4:30 pmI am loving all the rhubarb recipes I am seeing around at the moment. It reminds me of my Nan.
Choclette
12th May 2015 at 5:02 pmWell I did post a rhubarb recipe a couple of weeks ago Dannii, but I know what you mean. It has an old fashioned charm.
Maggie
12th May 2015 at 8:41 pmI’m a fan of syllabub but mainly make mine from lemons. I’ve never come across this version before it looks so stylish and pretty too.
Choclette
13th May 2015 at 8:02 amThanks Maggie. Lemon syllabub is a classic, but I thought I’d try something a bit different this time and I’m so glad I did.
Kate - gluten free alchemist
12th May 2015 at 10:45 pmThis looks delicious Choclette. I love the layers in the glasses…. they look so pretty! Shame you dropped the wine though….. how much of the syllabub had you tasted along the way????
I have never baked wine into biscuits before. Does it make much difference to the end flavour?
Choclette
13th May 2015 at 8:08 amHaha Kate, if only I’d had that as an excuse. Or even better a glass of wine before it happened. I was actually trying to photograph the bottle outside when the wind knocked the board over which toppled the bottle – I wasn’t best pleased.
Yes, you could taste the wine in the biscuits, but it was subtle. It gave a fruity tone to the biscuits and an air of sophistication 😉
Sarah Maison Cupcake
13th May 2015 at 10:45 amThese look very pretty. I am bracing myself for raspberry season again!
Choclette
13th May 2015 at 10:47 amThanks Sarah. Bracing yourself? Don’t you like raspberries?