Italian dessert tiramisu is becoming more and more popular all over the world. Its obligatory component is savoyardi cookies. True, it is not sold everywhere. Therefore, many housewives who decide to master tiramisu, think about how you can replace the Savoyard.
Cookies should be the same airy and light, with a pleasant, but not too rich taste. It’s not at all necessary to look for a suitable replacement. It is better to make savoyardi cookies with your own hands. Known as
ladies' fingers, it is quite simple and easy to cook at home.
Bake Savoyardi Cookies
The recipe for this dessert is as follows. Take two eggs, sixty grams of flour, fifty grams of granulated sugar and twenty grams of powdered sugar, ten grams of butter. Before cooking, preheat the oven to one hundred and eighty degrees. Separate the whites from the yolks. Beat the yolks with half the granulated sugar, they should turn white. Add flour and a little salt, knead in a very thick and dense dough. Beat the whites until cloudy, pour in the remaining sugar and beat until a stable foam is formed. Put a third of the resulting mass into the dough and mix gently from the bottom up. Add the remaining proteins and mix slowly until smooth. Cover the baking sheet with baking paper, grease it and sprinkle with flour. Using a bag or a pastry syringe, put the dough in strips of ten centimeters, sprinkle with powdered sugar and leave for a couple of minutes. Place in the oven and bake for ten minutes. Cookies should turn golden.
Turn off the oven without opening it, otherwise the Savoyards will lose splendor. When the dessert cools down, it can be used to make tiramisu or just eat with tea.
Cooking Secrets: How to Make the Perfect Savoyardi Cookies
The recipe is simple, but some subtleties need to be considered. For example, the dough must be thick, but airy. This will provide a special biscuit texture, which Savoyardi cookies are famous for. The recipe also advises to be sure to separate the proteins from the yolks as accurately as possible. Slices of yolk should not get into chilled protein, which should be whipped into strong foam with a special nozzle of a blender or food processor. It is necessary to mix the dough from the bottom up to
the air remained in the squirrel, and it turned out magnificent Savoyardi cookies. The recipe can also be supplemented with starch, vanilla and lemon juice. Starch should be mixed and sieved with flour, and vanillin and lemon juice are added to the proteins during whipping, so it turns out a fragrant, really thick and very resistant foam. Finally, it is worth knowing that savoyards are not only suitable for tiramisu or for independent use. They can be greased with butter cream or boiled condensed milk and molded in pairs, you get original mini-cakes. You can also make sour cream and lay them savoyardi, you get a delicious
cake in a hurry. You can use cookies to decorate desserts. There can be a lot of options, most importantly, just learn how to bake a Savoyardi.