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Whole round and white vacherin, chantilly simply spread out and a few soft touches. A detached part shows the purple heart of cassis framed with white vanilla, between a base and a lid of meringue.
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Vacherin with a Hidden Blackcurrant Centre

A recipe by CakeChristmas / Updated on 30 October 2026.

Vanilla wraps a cylindrical heart of blackcurrant instead of forming a layer above the sorbet.

18 cm round vacherin, black currant heart and vanilla belt / Dry meringue discs, ice-circle mounting

8Indicative portions
45 minPreparation
1 hour 30 minutesBaking
7 h 30Rest & Cooling
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The sorbet is frozen in a 12 cm cylinder and then surrounded by vanilla ice cream in an 18 cm circle, between two discs of meringue.

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Preparation

  1. Whisk the egg whites, gradually adding the sugar. Draw two 18 cm discs on baking paper. Use about 170 to 190 g of meringue for these two discs on 1 cm thick and Pipe the rest in additional small meringues.
  2. Cook for 1 h 30 at 100 °C and let cool in the oven. The discs must be dry and peel off from the paper.
  3. Soften the sorbet in the refrigerator. Stir it in a circle 12 cm in diameter, at least 4 cm high, placed on a plate and lined with baking paper; the 400 ml give about 3.5 cm thick. Freeze for 2 hours.
  4. Place a disc of meringue in a circle of 18 cm and at least 7 cm high. Place the unmolded sorbet cylinder in the center. Soften the vanilla in the refrigerator and distribute it carefully all around, up to the same level as the blackcurrant; the 500 ml fill the ring. Put the second disc of meringue.
  5. Freeze 4 hours. Whisk cream and icing sugar, remove circle and paper then spread a thin layer of chantilly on the turn and a few simple touches on the top. Freeze another 30 minutes.
  6. Leave for 8 minutes at room temperature before cutting a piece; the cup shows a large blackcurrant heart surrounded by vanilla, between the two meringues.

Preserve and Serve

7 days in the freezer at 18 °C, in a box; do not refreeze after melting.

Baking tips for this recipe

  • Use a clean bowl and whisks, without a trace of fat, to whisk the whites.
  • Follow the order of sugar addition and step-by-step temperatures: they depend on the preparation.
  • Stop whipping to the texture described in the recipe; do not add any cooking or drying that is not provided for in the steps.

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