Roman’s Space View
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TypeDessert
Serves4 people
DateAugust 30, 2026
Chocolate bavarois as rocket on berry coulis, with vanilla ice cream telescope: the launch on your plate.
A solemn dessert: a long, shiny chocolate bavarois (the rocket) on a mirror of dark berry coulis (space), topped with a half-sphere of vanilla ice cream as the telescope head. The plating clearly shows a rocket launching, referring to the Roman telescope launch.
Ingredients
- 500 ml whole milk
- 200 ml heavy cream
- 100 g dark chocolate
- 75 g sugar
- 5 sheets gelatin
- 1 vanilla pod
- 200 g mixed frozen berries
- 2 tbsp powdered sugar
- 4 scoops vanilla ice cream
Method
- Soak the gelatin in cold water.
- Heat milk with the vanilla pod until just below boiling.
- Melt the chocolate in the warm milk.
- Whip the cream until soft peaks form.
- Remove the vanilla pod, dissolve the squeezed gelatin in the warm milk-chocolate mixture.
- Let the mixture cool to room temperature.
- Fold in the whipped cream.
- Pour the mixture into a long silicone mold (or loaf tin lined with foil) and chill for at least 4 hours.
- Make the berry coulis: puree the berries with powdered sugar and strain.
- Carefully unmold the bavarois onto a long plate.
- Pour a mirror of berry coulis underneath the bavarois to resemble a launching rocket.
- Place a half-sphere of vanilla ice cream at the top as the telescope head.
Serving notes
- Serve on long plates for the rocket silhouette.
- Optionally garnish with extra berries as 'stars'.