1 pack vanilla sugar or a 1 vanilla bean or vanilla extract 1 teaspoon
450 gr /ml half skimmed milk
½ teaspoon cornstarch (optional)
the island:
50 gr of sugar
1 pinch of salt
6 eggwhite
The caramel:
50 gr sugar
50 gr water
For decoration you can add shredded almonds
To make this recipe, start by preparing all the ingredients.
Cut the vanilla pod in half, lengthwise. And scrape its interior in order to extract the grains, just add a vanilla sugar pack or a teaspoon of vanilla extract
In a pastry bowl, seperate the egg yolks from the eggwhite, one by one.
Mix the sugar with the egg yolks (use a mixer) till whiter.
In a saucepan, pour the milk with vanilla to boil.
When the milk is boiling pour it over the egg + sugar mixture , mix gently with a whisk.
Put all back on the stove on medium heat
It must be stirred constantly during cooking for around 8 mn.
To do this, use a wooden spatula and stir, forming an 8 on the bottom of the pan. This will allow you to go everywhere and will prevent the cream from sticking at the bottom.
The cream id ready when it covers the spatula and you can see the wood when passing your finger on it. If you cook it for long the risk is the eggs coagulation.
Pass the cream through a strainer while the cream is still hot.
Let is cool down, keep refrigerated once cooler.
The islands:
STEP 1
Beat the 6 egg whites, add the sugar and continue to whisk to dissolve all the sugar. On a plate covered with stretch film, place 8 spoons of meringue.
2ND STEP
Cook for 45 seconds in the microwave at 900 W, then set aside.
Everything is ready now you assemble the dessert. Pour the vanilla cream in a serving dish, add the meringue cooked in the microwave pour a bit of caramel on top of it.
For a harder caramel recipe just put less water, depends on your taste!!!
1 egg 80 g of sugar 100 g of butter 100 g of flour 50 g of corn flakes 20 g of dry fruits or nuts Take the oven tray out of the oven it must be cold !!!! Prior to start heating the oven at 180 deg Celsius. Soak the dry fruits in a bowl with warm water, or chopped the nuts. Use the butter at room temperature for 1-2h prior to baking. In a bowl beat the egg with the sugar, using a mixer or a whisk,then add the butter, the flour and the dried fruits chopped if big or the nuts. Mix all the ingredients will a spatula until a soft dough is obtained. Make many balls with the dough of the size of a tablespoon, then pass it in the corn flakes. Place the cookies on the oven tray covered with a sheet of parchment paper or silicone mat. Bake them in the preheated oven at 180 ° C for 12- 15 minutes. Let it coloured. Remove from the oven, let them cool down and serve them on the table. Serve them cold. You can keep them in a box for 5 days. Enjoy it!
Grease and spread flour on 2 trays, or use parchment paper. Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
In a bowl, beat the butter with the sugar first, then add the lemon zest, the lemon juice and the egg yolk, mix well.
Finally, add the chopped rosemary (not too thin).
Add the flour then mix until a homogeneous mixture is obtained. Form a 3 cm diameter sausage in aluminum foil or cellophane, leave to stand in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Cut into thin slices the preparation having slightly hardened, place on the baking sheets or parchment paper, leave space between the cookies.
Lightly beat the egg white so that it foams, gently spread the egg white on the slices of cut-out biscuits and sprinkle well with the icing sugar, bake for 10-15 minutes.
Serve them asap or cold. You can keep them in a box for 5 days.
Dissolve the yeast in water at 37 degrees (3-5 min)
Put the flour in the bowl once water and yeast dissolved.
The entire surface should be covered.
Add all other ingredients.
Mix 3-5 minutes until obtaining a dough neither wet nor dry.
Put the dough in a bowl and cover it with either a cellophane or a tea cloth.
The dough should rise at least for 1 hour.
Degas the dough and make either 8 small buns or a large brioche with two strands.
Cover it with the egg yolk, add some pearl sugar and let push the dough 30 minutes to 1 hour either in an oven at 50 degrees or at a room temperature without air-con. Bake for 10-12 min the mini buns, or 15-20 minutes the large brioche.
To avoid the brioche from burning, you can cover it with foil the last 5 minutes or till you get the desired color.
Mix together in that order: butter, liquid cream, sugar
Add 4 eggs, the flour and the baking powder in the previous preparation for about 30 seconds. Share the batter into 2 dishes.
Put 100 gr of dark chocolate in a glass bowl and melt it 30 seconds by 30 seconds till it melt entirely.Whisk every time.
Pour 1/3 of the vanilla batter into the bottom of the mold and level it to cover it, Add half the chocolate batter on top, leave it as it is do not equalise. Add 1/3 of the vanilla batter Add the second half of the chocolate batter on top, do not equalise, it will have a wavy look Add the rest of the vanilla mixture again. Put in the oven for 60 min at 170 ° C.
Check the cake with a knife, which should come out dry if you plant it in. Wait till it cools down 😃