Bombe glacée explained
A bombe glacée, or simply a bombe, is a French[1] ice cream dessert frozen in a spherical mould so as to resemble a cannonball, hence the name ice cream bomb. Escoffier gives over sixty recipes for bombes in Le Guide culinaire.[2] The dessert appeared on restaurant menus as early as 1882.[3]
By extension, the term has been used to refer to any ice cream confection shaped through molding, not necessarily hemispherical.[4] It has also been used to include dishes made with other frozen desserts, such as sherbet, sorbet, or mousse.[5]
Background
This dessert originated in France during the 18th century.[6] Among Agnes Blackwell Herrick's papers was a copy of the Paris Embassy's Dinner Party Record from 1921 to 1922. There were 16 different bombes in the collection of recipes, many with geographic names like Alhambra, Muscovite and Cleopatre.[7]
It was part of the menu for the wedding of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip.[8] It was served at a White House state dinner hosted by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and President Kennedy for the Sudanese president Ibrahim Abboud, and by Queen Elizabeth for Laura and President Bush.[9] [10]
Preparation
The bombe mold is lined with ice cream and filled with a mixture that called pâte à bombe so the ice cream forms the outer shell of the dessert.[11] The filling can be flavored with a fruit-based coulis like raspberry.[12]
Types
- Baked Alaska is a bombe which is baked, frozen and flambéed.[13]
- The Italian dessert spumoni is shaped as a bombe with a semifreddo or parfait filling and custard ice cream forming the outside layer.
- The watermelon bombe is three layered with green-tinted ice cream on the outside, with a thin layer of white ice cream and a red inside layer with chocolate chips.[14]
- Nesselrode pudding is a thick custard cream that is molded and served as a bombe with maraschino custard sauce. The custard is made with sweetened chestnut puree, dried fruits, cherry liquor and whipped cream.
- In Victorian cuisine Creme à la Moscovite was a partially frozen ice set with isinglass (or gelatin), similar to bavarois.
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Snodgrass, Mary Ellen . Encyclopedia of Kitchen History . 2004-12-29 . Routledge . 978-1-135-45572-9 . en.
- [Auguste Escoffier]
- http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=269488&imageID=474138&total=29&num=20&parent_id=443924&word=&s=¬word=&d=&c=&f=&k=0&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&lword=&lfield=&imgs=20&pos=27&snum=&e=w&cdonum=0 "Albemarle Hotel" restaurant, New York
- Phyllis Hanes, "Molding mounds of ice cream. Ornamental bombes in the shape of lions, flowers, and towers recall the Victorian era. Lavish decorations graced everything from d'ecor to desserts.", The Christian Science Monitor, August 28, 1985; accessed 2017.05.04.
- Heather Sage, "12 Ice Cream Bombe Recipes That Are Seriously the Bomb", Brit+Co, Sep. 30, 2014; accessed 2017.05.04.
- Book: Snodgrass, Mary Ellen . Encyclopedia of Kitchen History . 2004-12-29 . Routledge . 978-1-135-45572-9 . en.
- Book: Herrick, Agnes Blackwell . Paris Embassy Diary 1921-1922 . December 2007 . University Press of America . 9780761839798 .
- Book: Smith, Sally Bedell . Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch . 30 October 2012 . Random House Publishing . 9780812979794 .
- News: A Big Slice of Americana: Uncle Sam's Cleaning Out Your Fridge . .
- Web site: The Windsors have achieved a state of perfect ordinariness . 23 November 2003 .
- Book: Rinsky, Glenn . The Pastry Chef's Companion: A Comprehensive Resource Guide for the Baking and Pastry Professional . 28 February 2008 . John Wiley & Sons . 9780470009550 .
- Web site: Bombe glacée à la framboise pour 10 personnes.
- Book: Goldstein, Darra . The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets . 2015 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-931339-6 . 220–221 . en.
- Book: Goldstein, Darra . Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets . Oxford University Press . 2015 . 978-0-19-931339-6 . 460.
