It’s delicate, it’s present in several recipes and now you can give your cake an even more special flavour. sighing at home. We have listed 3 options which, in addition to being delicious, demonstrate that sighing has no secrets, but the right technique!
Many people prefer buying meringue rather than making it at home because they think it’s too elaborate and doesn’t hit the spot. But there are some tips to make your sigh perfect: to obtain the ideal consistency, pay attention to the oven temperature.
It is advisable to leave it at a low temperature (120°C). To get the traditional teardrop shape, use the bag and beak of pitanga to the packaging. The best of everything? Everything you need to make the sigh you definitely have at home.
So, ready to make the perfect melt-in-your-mouth sigh? So paper and pencil in hand!
filled sigh
The sigh recipe is practical and makes a delicious dessert – Photo: Stela Handa
Time: 1 hour
Performance: 12 units
Difficulty: easy
Ingredients:
- 5 egg whites
- 4 cups sugar (tea)
- 1 teaspoon(s) of lemon juice
- lemon zest to decorate
Cream
- 1 can of condensed milk
- 1 lemon juice
- 1/2 cup (tea) of milk
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
Method of preparation:
- For the custard, in a saucepan, mix the ingredients, bring to medium heat, stirring until thickened. Let cool.
- In electric mixer, beat egg whites.
- In the middle of the process, add the sugar and lemon juice, little by little, until stiff peaks form.
- Transfer into a pastry bag fitted with a pitanga tip and, on a baking tray lined with baking paper, cut out 5 cm diameter discs.
- Make borders on the circles forming a basket.
- Place in a medium, preheated oven for 15 minutes or until set. Let cool.
- Finally, transfer the cold cream into a pastry bag with a cherry nozzle and fill the baskets with meringue.
- Decorate with the lemon zest and serve immediately.
Sigh with lemon zest
Sigh with lemon zest – Photo: Stela Handa
Time: 50 minutes
Performance: 8 portions
Difficulty: average
Ingredients:
- 8 egg whites
- 2 1/2 cups (tea) sugar
- Zest from the zest of 1 lemon
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar (coffee)
- margarine for greasing
Method of preparation:
- First beat the egg whites in a mixer on high speed until stiff.
- Add the sugar, a little at a time, without stopping whipping.
- Then add the lemon zest and cream of tartar and continue beating until it stops.
- Then turn off and transfer the cream into a pastry bag with a pitanga beak.
- Make drops, side by side, in a form lined with greased butter paper.
- Bake in a preheated oven for 30 minutes or until golden and brown.
- Finally remove from the oven, let it cool, unmold and serve.
delicious homemade sigh
Homemade sigh – Photo: Shutterstock
Time: 40min (+4h20 of freezer)
Performance: 12 units
Difficulty: easy
Ingredients:
- 10 egg whites
- 3 cups sugar (tea)
- Zest from the zest of 1 lemon
Method of preparation:
- Beat the egg whites with a mixer at high speed and add the sugar little by little, without ceasing to beat.
- Add the lemon zest and continue beating until you get a thick cream.
- Turn off the mixer and put the cream inside a pastry bag.
- Drain onto a greased baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake in the oven over low heat for 1 hour or until cooked through and lightly browned.
- Remove from the oven.
- Leave to cool before removing from the parchment paper and serving.
Source: Terra
Ben Stock is a lifestyle journalist and author at Gossipify. He writes about topics such as health, wellness, travel, food and home decor. He provides practical advice and inspiration to improve well-being, keeps readers up to date with latest lifestyle news and trends, known for his engaging writing style, in-depth analysis and unique perspectives.
