Meringue Nests with Kumquat cream filling

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Meringue Nests with Kumquat cream filling

These beautiful little meringues with kum quat will melt in your mouth. A luscious dessert for all tastes!

Ingredients for meringue:

120gr. egg white
300gr. powdered sugar
Lemon zest
½ teaspoon lemon juice

Ingredients for filling:

500ml milk
50gr. corn flour
100gr. sugar
2 eggs
50ml Lazaris kumquat liqueur
A vanilla stick
Fresh kum quat zest
100gr. 35% heavy cream

METHOD:

1. Mix egg whites and powdered sugar in a stainless steel bowl and then heat in bain-marie (double boiler) until they reach 65ο C.
2. Pour mixture to mixer bowl and whisk until foamy and soft peaks start to form. Then add juice.
3. Transfer meringue to a piping bag and form nests on baking sheet in a baking pan.
4. Bake the meringues at 90 ° for 70 to 80 minutes.
5. Make a patisserie, putting milk with sugar and vanilla in a saucepan until heat up.
6. Put eggs with corn flour in a double boiler bowl, stirring. Pour some milk and when the mixture of milk is warmed up, pour it into the eggs mixture.
7. Add kum quat zest and liqueur, stirring. Pour mixture into a shallow baking pan and cover it.
8. Whip heavy cream and milk until fluffy.
9. Transfer to a piping bag and fill the nests with the cream and top with chopped kumquat on top.

Ευχαριστούμε την pastry chef κ. Νατάσα Λέπεση για την συνταγή.

2021-03-24T14:40:19+03:00