Frogmill Meringue Gateau

Name: Frogmill Meringue Gateau
Prep time: 1 h 35 min
Cook time: 1 h 35 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 Tbsps almond slivers; 0 teaspoons almond extract; 1 teaspoon almond extract; 4 Tbsps Creme de Cacao; 6 egg whites; 6 egg yolks; 4 eggs; 177 milliliters flour; 237 milliliters flour, sifted; 887 milliliters milk; 1 pinch Pinch salt; 118 milliliters superfine sugar; 177 milliliters superfine sugar; 473 milliliters sugar

Frogmill Meringue Gateau might be just the side dish you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains around 12g of protein, 10g of fat, and a total of 501 calories. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 10. Head to the store and pick up salt, almond extract, superfine sugar, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 35 minutes.

Instructions

Place the eggs and sugar into a bowl standing over hot water and whisk until the mixture is pale and thickened (about 5 minutes).

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Sugar

Water

Egg

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Whisk

Bowl

Remove from the heat and whisk for 2 minutes more. Fold in the sifted flour and add the salt.

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All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Pour into an 8-inch cake tin which has been greased, sugared and floured.

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Cake Form

Bake in a 375 degree oven for 25 minutes. Cool on a cake rack.

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Oven

Heat milk until boiling.

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Milk

Mix the egg yolks with the sugar and when well combined add the flour.

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Egg Yolk

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Whisk until smooth and then gradually add the hot milk.

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Milk

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Whisk

Place the pastry cream back into the saucepan over a gentle heat and whisk until cream comes to a boil and thickens. Flavor with almond extract and then lower heat and allow to cook 10 minutes.

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Almond Extract

Pastry Cream

Cream

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Sauce Pan

Whisk

Remove from heat and cool placing a piece of buttered waxed paper over the surface to prevent a skin from forming.

To make meringue: Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form. Flavor with almond extract and then fold in the sugar. This mixture should be very thick.

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Almond Extract

Egg Whites

Sugar

To garnish: Preheat oven to 500 degrees.

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Oven

Cut cake into 3 layers. Soak bottom and middle layer with creme de cacao.

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Creme De Cacao

Spread the bottom and middle layers of the cake with the cooled pastry cream and sprinkle with the almond slivers. Reform the cake and place onto a large round oven dish.

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Slivered Almonds

Pastry Cream

Spread

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Oven

Spread cake with a thin layer of meringue. Fill a large piping bag with a rose shaped tip and pipe meringue in vertical loops around the sides and on top of the cake. Dust cake with sifted confectioners' sugar and place into oven for 3 minutes to lightly brown.

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Powdered Sugar