Suspiro Limeño
As with most other custards, this is greatly simplified with the use of a sous-vide machine. We use the sous vide machine twice in this process: first to caramelize the cream, and then to lightly set the egg proteins in the custard.
Recipe ⤓
1Caramelized Cream
- 340 gevaporated milk
- 400 gsweetened, condensed milk
- 4.0 gbaking soda
- mix ingredientsMix these in a waterproof, glass jar.
- sous vide at 85 ºC for 12 hrcaramelize the cream slowly; the baking soda increases the pH and encourages the Maillard reaction.
- refrigerate for 6 hror until cool
2Manjar blanco
- Using 1
- 60 gegg yolk
- mix ingredientspour into 4oz mason jars
- sous vide at 82 ºC for 1 hr
3Whipped Egg Whites
- 60 gwater
- 10 gpowdered egg whites
- 2.0 gcream of tartar
- mix ingredients
- beatuntil soft peaks form
4
- Using 3
- 5.0 mLvanilla flavour
- 15 gpowdered cinnamon
- 5.0 gcorn starch
- mix ingredientsMix them in lightly, taking care not to deflate the egg whites.
5Sugar Syrup
- 120 gsugar
- 30 glight corn syrup
- 30 gwater
- mix ingredients
- heat at 116 ºC
- refrigerate for 6 hror until cool
6Italian Meringue
- Using 45
- mix ingredientspour the liquid sugar mixture into the whipped egg whites slowly, mixing at maximum speed until cool. It may take up to 15 minutes.
7Suspiro Limeno
- Using 26
- with ingredients
- covercover the manjar blanco with meringue
- torchuse a torch to brown the top of the meringue