Pate de Fruit

Pate de fruit are chewy little candies with intense fruit taste made from purees of fresh fruit. They are not popular in America and the closest thing we have to them, which is a far, far second, is the gumdrop. 


Pate de Frute are a simple combination or sugar, pectin, glucose, citric acid and puree. They can be made many, many flavor combinations. I chose strawberry, because I love 'gummy' strawberry candy. I was also a fan of the red color, given it was valentines day. I plated the plated the pate de fruit on a white plate with fresh cut strawberries and tear-drop heart garnishes. I perfect little plate for Valentine's day. 


To make pate de fruit, warm the puree and blend 1/4 of the sugar with the pectin.When the temperature reaches 122F, slowly add it to the slowly add the puree. When the mixture reaches boiling point, add the rest of the sugar and powdered glucose then pour it into a lined sheet pan. Once it sets, cut it into the desired shapes and dredge it in sugar. 

I liked pate de fruit because it was very different from what we usually make. I would have loved it even more had we had 'sour' sugar to sprinkle on top -  it would have been like a home made sour patch kid (secretly by biggest candy weakness!)