It’s hot, the thermometer has already passed 40! And what could be better than cold and refreshing ice cream in this heat, of course, only ice cream! I offer you a recipe for a delicious parfait cake from the famous Greek pastry chef Stelios Pallares. Cooking is very simple, all products are available, and there is a lot of fun!
French meringue:
Whisk the whites with sugar (200 g) until firm, soft peaks form.
In three steps, introduce powdered sugar, stirring it with a spatula.
On a sheet of baking paper, draw two circles with a diameter of 20 cm.
Place the meringue in a cooking bag or syringe with a thick tubular nozzle and place (starting from the center) two 0.6 mm thick discs.
Lay out the rest of the meringue in the form of sticks (very similar to a custard cake, only shorter) 7 cm long.
Bake at 120 degrees for 1.5 hours. Focus on your oven. Meringue should be perfectly dry and crisp, at a sufficient distance from the paper.
Lemon parfait:
Put the juice, zest and sugar (210 g) in a saucepan with a thick bottom, heat well so that the sugar dissolves, but do not bring to a boil. Remove from heat and cool completely.
Add the yolks, mix well.
And heat over very low heat, stirring constantly, to 85 ° C. Cool completely.
Whisk the cream to steady peaks and softness.
Combine with lemon-yolk mixture and mix very well.
Fold the pie together:
The cake ring should be high, if not, pull it out with a baking paper ribbon.
Place the ring on a sheet of foil and press the foil against the walls of the mold, put it on a platter.
We put a circle of meringue on the bottom.
Cover it with half a parfait.
Lay out the second meringue disc.
And cover with the remaining parfait. Send the pie to the freezer for 5-6 hours.
Remove the frozen cake from the mold. I warm up the sides very quickly by blowing them with a hairdryer.
Decorate the sides with meringue sticks, crumble the meringue on top and garnish with grated chocolate. Store the cake in the freezer for 5-7 minutes, put it on the refrigerator shelf before serving.
Cut the pie into portions, preferably with a hot, dry and very sharp knife.
It’s sooo delicious! Crispy meringue and tart lemon-flavored parfait! Enjoy your meal.