– 100 –
Desserts and Pastries
B
AKED
A
LASKA
S
URPRISE
C
Serves: 4 to 6
Ingredients:
10 to 12
sponge
fi
nger biscuits
or
1 round sponge cake
1 punnet
strawberries,
hulled and cut in half
1 tsp
caster sugar
2 tablespoons
fruit liqueur
1-litre
vanilla ice cream
4 egg
whites
¾ cup
caster sugar, extra
¼ cup
almonds, chopped (optional)
Method:
Line the base of a 23 cm round
fl
at dish with
biscuits or sponge (the biscuits will overlap.) Place
strawberries over the biscuits and sprinkle with sugar
and liqueur. Place scoops of ice cream evenly over
strawberries. Place in freezer.
To Cook by Convection:
Preheat oven to 200 °C. Beat egg whites until stiff.
Gradually add extra sugar beating all the time until
sugar has dissolved and mixture is thick and glossy.
Fold in almonds and spoon meringue mixture over
ice cream. Cook on 200 °C on enamel shelf for 5 to
6 minutes. Serve immediately.
L
EMON
M
ERINGUE
P
IE
C
Serves: 6
Ingredients:
125
g
butter
250
g
plain
fl
our
25
g
icing
sugar
1 egg
yolk
30 ml
water
Filling:
60
g
corn
fl
our
400 ml
water
3
lemons,juice and grated rind of
125
g
sugar
3 egg
yolks
Meringue
225
g
caster
sugar
4 egg
whites
Method:
Rub butter into the
fl
our until the mixture resembles
fi
ne breadcrumbs and stir in sugar. Add egg and
enough water so that when the mixture is kneaded
lightly for a few seconds a
fi
rm, smooth dough is
formed. Line the
fl
an dish with the pastry, prick the
base with a fork and chill for 15 minutes in the fridge.
Line pastry with greaseproof paper and baking
beans, place
fl
an dish on enamel shelf in lower
shelf position, bake blind of Convection 210 °C 10
minutes, remove the beans and bake for another 10
minutes, until golden. Leave to cool. Place corn
fl
our,
water and lemon juice and rind in a jug, stir. Place
on the base of the oven and cook on 1000 W for 2
minutes. Stir and cook on 1000 W for 2 minutes or
until smooth, glossy and thickened. Add sugar. Cool
slightly. Add egg yolks. Mix well. Pour into pastry
case. Preheat oven on Convection 150 °C. Whisk
egg whites stif
fl
y. Add sugar gradually – whisking
after each addition. Pile meringue onto lemon
fi
lling.
Place
fl
an on enamel shelf in lower shelf position and
cook on Convection 150 °C for 40-45 minutes or until
lightly browned.
Baked Alaska Surprise
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