If you like light airy desserts, you should definitely try making cakes called "Ballerina". Especially this delicacy will appeal to those who are crazy about meringues.
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You will need
- For meringues:
- - egg whites - 6 pcs;
- - icing sugar - 250 g;
- - salt - a pinch;
- - lemon juice - 1 teaspoon.
- For cream:
- - cream 33% - 250 ml;
- - icing sugar - 2 tablespoons;
- - fresh raspberries.
Instruction manual
1
Cool the egg whites, then combine with salt and beat thoroughly with a mixer until a stable foam. Then, without ceasing to beat, gradually introduce powdered sugar to them. When 1 minute is left before the end of this procedure, add lemon juice.
2
Place the resulting mass in a pastry bag. Squeeze it in the form of a spiral on a baking sheet lined with parchment, only first form the bottom of a kind of basket - it should be 3 centimeters in diameter. Remember that inside these cakes should be empty. So do with the whole sugar-protein mass.
3
Preheat the oven to a temperature of 100 degrees and send the future cakes into it to bake for about 2-2.5 hours. During this time, baskets of sugar-protein mass should dry, while remaining light.
4
In the meantime, prepare a cream for dessert. To do this, combine pre-chilled cream with powdered sugar. Beat well. This procedure should be done in a cold metal cup.
5
Put the resulting cream in a pastry bag and fill the cooled pastries. Decorate the dish with fresh berries, for example, raspberries. Cakes "Ballerina" are ready!