Many people know about meringue roll. It is a delicate dessert that literally melts in your mouth. Most novice confectioners and amateurs do not prepare such rolls, as they consider their recipe very complicated. At the same time, there are no serious difficulties in cooking this dessert.
For the first time Meringue roll was mentioned in the XIX century in a book on household management. There, an English writer described it as a surprisingly sweet and delicate Swiss dish.
Now Meringue roll can be prepared not only by a professional pastry
chef.
Meringue ingredients:
- Egg whites – 200 g;
- Sugar – 200 g;
- Citric acid – 1/4 tsp;
- Cornstarch – 25 g;
- Almond petals – 30 g.
Ingredients for the filling:
- Mashed seedless raspberries – 200 g;
- Sugar – 50 g;
- Starch – 15 g;
- Water – 30 ml;
- Berries – 200 g.
Ingredients for the cream:
- Curd cheese – 250 g;
- Cream – 90 g;
- Powdered sugar – 50 g.
Preparation of the roll:
Separate the yolks from the whites in the eggs, pour the protein into a separate dry container. Pour citric acid to the protein. Beat the egg whites, pour granulated sugar into them every 15 minutes.
After 5 minutes, make sure that the egg whites are stable. Pour the starch into the meringue and continue beating with the mixer
. Stir the meringue gently with a spatula and place on a parchment-lined baking tray.
Align
the meringue on the parchment, preheat the oven to 240 degrees C.
Sprinkle a layer of meringue with almond petals, sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired.
Bake the meringue at 240 degrees for 35 minutes.
To prepare the filling, heat the berry puree in a saucepan and mix with sugar. In a separate bowl combine the starch and water, pour into the warm berry mixture and stir.
Bring the filling to a thickening and remove from the heat. Transfer the meringue from the baking tray to a wire rack and remove the parchment.
For the cream, beat the butter with a mixer, add the cottage cheese and vanilla extract to taste. Gradually add the cream to the butter and cheese, beating until creamy.
Spread the cream on the meringue, spreading it evenly
.
Brush the creamy meringue layer with the berry filling and sprinkle with berries.
Roll up the roll with the filling inside and fix it with parchment. Put the roll in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
After taking the roll out of the refrigerator, you can trim the sloppy edges and serve.
This is always a winning dessert at a party.
