Thursday, May 15, 2008

Eggs and Milk and Sugar

We have been working on making Tiramisu for the last two days. Its amazing the multitude of food that can be made from eggs, water, flour and sugar and cream. We started with making lady fingers. Lady fingers are simply egg yolks whipped to double volume, egg whites to stiff peaks, flour and cornstarch

The batter is then piped and baked. For the tiramisu filling, it is again a simple mixture of egg yolks, sugar ( cooked to 240F or soft ball stage), cream whipped to medium stiffness and gelatin dissolved in flavorings.
The lady finger discs are soaked in a coffee syrup flavored with marsala wine and alternating layers of the custard and lady fingers are put together to form the tiramisu.

Stay tuned for a multitude of other desserts made from eggs, milk and sugar!

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