Of course, you can buy meringues for the "Grafsky ruins" and buy it in a confectioner's shop, grease it with condensed milk, lay out the pyramid in artistic disorder - here's a dessert for you in a hurry. But do not regret the forces and time, and prepare meringues on your own. Believe me, this culinary mystery is not at all difficult to master, but in the end we get a delightful-airy and truly fabulous cake.
Cake recipe Grafski ruins with meringue
Ingredients:
For meringues:
- egg white - 4 pcs .;
- powdered sugar - 3/4 of the item;
- salt - 1 pinch.
For cream:
- condensed milk - 8 tbsp. spoons;
- Butter - 150 g.
For decoration:
- chocolate - 100 g;
- walnuts - 50 g;
Preparation
In order to prepare a "correct" meringue for the cake "Grafskie Ruins" there are several rules, which will strictly enforce you and ultimately lead to success, then to recognize your culinary talents even your beloved mother-in-law! So:
- Proteins should be cooled, and the bowl, in which we will whisk, dry and clean.
- Proteins with a pinch of salt whisk to strong peaks, but only after that gradually introduce sugar powder.
- We beat all the time at the same speed and in the same direction, then the formed air bubbles will be of the same size and the structure of future meringues is more homogeneous.
- The finished protein mass should be smooth and silky. A teaspoon, and preferably with a confectionery syringe, we spread it portion by section on a parchment covered with a baking sheet and dried in an oven heated to 80 degrees for 1,5-2 hours.
In the meantime, we prepare the cream. Mild butter whisk until it turns white, and, without reducing the speed, start by one spoon add condensed milk. We stop only when we obtain a homogeneous mass.
On the dish, lay out a layer of cooled meringue, grease the top with cream and sprinkle with crushed nuts. A new layer and again a cream with nuts - thus, we collect a pyramid. In a water bath, melt the chocolate and chaotically, with a thin trickle water the cake. We remove it in the refrigerator, so that the cream and chocolate are frozen.
Cake for cake "Grafskie ruins" with meringue
According to one version of the cake "Grafskie ruins" meringue is spread not just on a dish, but on a special cake.
Ingredients:
- egg white - 1 pc .;
- sugar - half a century;
- butter - 100 g;
- flour - half a century;
- soda - 1/4 tsp.
- salt - 1 pinch.
Preparation
As for meringue, whisk the whiskey first with salt. After gradually adding sugar and adding softened butter, soda and sifted flour. Gently knead the dough from the bottom up and shift it into a greased and flour-filled form. Bake in a preheated to 180 degree oven for only 15 minutes.