Hi, I have a guest who wants a special pastry created with beer as a main ingredience....
Can anybody think of a good idea???
Thanks , I would be soooo happy to get lots of replies ....greeting from Austria-Europe

How about apple fritters in a beer batter, with powdered sugar?

How about a rasberry/pear tart with a sauce using a pale ale,flavored with honey and orange liqure

I'm not a fan of beer, but the one thing that comes to mind is a sabayon. I'm not sure what I would pair that with with-out taste testing some combinations.

Off the top of my head...how about a sweet/salty pretzel salad with beer sabayon? Or a spanish peanut tart accented with a beer sabayon? If your going for beer I'd have fun and play it up...maybe a chocolate cigar (like one of the chocolatier books had).

Thanks for your fast replies to all of you .
I got till the end of this week to make up my mind, ...I was thinking of filling truffle shells , but they have no shelflife, as the hole must be covered with marzipan or similar...

You lost me chefkramer...fill truffles with beer? Explain?

Truffleshells are chocolate shells sold by swiss manufacturs that are usually filled with créme de paris and then coated with temperatured couverture ......
but----these leak easyly

Hey Chefrick,
How about poaching those pears in a very heavy stout with a molassas flavor?

Panini,
interesting,but wouldn't the mild flavor of the pear be lost in the mix?

I don't know if I would poach it all the way, and I would probably stuff the bottom with some kind of cheese and salted nuts. I'm kind of thinking along the same lines as red or white wine poached pears.

Panini,
Try them poached with a sweet Marsala,with a splash of orange blossom simple syrup,it's to die for!

Thanks to all of you
probably i`ll try out paninis stout pears with heineken sabayon,

But I need the beer as a MAIN ingredience , not just to go along with something .....

It's kitschy, but have you ever had a ice cream float with a guiness? Good stuff!

Vincent

I may have to do some investigation into that, maybe some R&D. What type of ice cream? I wonder if you could pipe soft serve on guiness.

We did a vanillia ice cream over the top, there is also a local brewpub here in colorado that does something similar with their inhouse stout and (i think) a molasses ice cream.

Vincent

Start off with a Beer and Cheese Soup. Move on to A Duck Confit salad made with a bock beer vinaigrette. Entree, Pork Loin braised in Beer with beer infused Saurkraut w/ caraway and apple, serve it with spaetzle using beer instead of water or milk as the liquid. For dessert serve Belgian raspberry beer sorbet w/tuiles and raspberry beer truffles.
Simple solution, problem solved.

Alright now that I reread the original post, I'm embarrassed. Ignore the first part and stick to the dessert part.If he still wants it as a pastry combine some of the above suggestions. Like poach the pears in spiced stout or again, belgian raspberry beer, then cut into portions and deep fry them in a beer batter with the sabayon.
Or - BeerJelly with mixed fruits. Beer infused apple crepes. Beer Fools, whatever, just get them drunk throughout the course and tell them that there's beer in it.

Speaking of Beer and Cheese soups...does anybody have a good recipe that they can share?