In the Pink

In the Pink is a food blog event that wants to encourage the breast cancer awareness month. Emily from La Dolce Vita initiates this event to raise the awarness amoung us. And here is my contribution!
Pomegranate and figs are fruits which sembolize feminity, energy, hope and love. So this two fruits should be elements of my sweets. For both of the sweets I used rose syrup which is a fragrance of feminity (I know there are some who hate it;)) and PINK.
The first recipe was for our turkish foodblog event with the theme pomegranate. It's me who choosed this theme to get more recipes with pomegranate. I love pomegranate and try to create new recipes where pomegranate is not only a decoration. I made a pomegranate panna cotta with rose syrup. I forgot to decorate my pomegranate rose panna cotta with rose sugar, it could have been so nice:(

Pomegranate rose panna cotta
ingredients
1 bag agar agar (8g)
400 ml whipping cream
(or 200ml whipping + 200ml milk)
1-2 tablespoons pomegranate juice
1-2 tablespoons rose syrup
3-4 tablespoons sugar
kernels of a pomegranate

PS: A research (Aviram et. al., Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 71, 1062-1076, May 2000) shows the anti-aging influence of pomegranate. And another recent scientific investigation (Williamson et al,Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, Jan 2005; 81: 243S - 255S.) concludes that pomegranate juice prevents prostate and skin cancer. It's not known but I guess it also maybe have a preventive effect against breast cancer.

Hazelnuttart with Figs

Over a shortcrust with hazelnuts I placed the figs which I caramelised(brew a little bit) in a juice. For this juice I brewed cardamom in a little bit water than I added limon juice, rose syrup and caramel I had before. You can use brown sugar.

The photo of the fig tart is taken by my sister who supports this event too.

Not: Türkcesini yarin ekleyecegim arkadaslar. Ama simdiden gögüs kanserine karsi bilinclenme ayini desteklemek amaciyla düsünülmüs bir etkinlik icin yapilan pempe tarifler oldugunu söyleyeyim.