GIANT CITRUS FLOATING ISLAND
Serves : 6-8 /
Preparation Time : 30 minutes /
Cooking Time : 45 minutes
La Cornue® elements used
Château : electric oven
Cornufé : electric oven
Château : electric oven
Cornufé : electric oven
Ingredients
bowl of about 2 litres
1
sunflower or peanut oil
1 teaspoon
egg whites
10
sugar
60 g
At least 2 different organic citrus fruits for the zests (e.g. orange, lemon, lime, pomelos, combava, clementine, mandarin).
zester or microplane
sheet baking paper
Directions
- Preheat oven at 120°C (or 248°F)
- Oil the bowl
- Make a disc of baking paper the size of the bowl, oil it and insert it into the bowl
- Zest the citrus fruits to get the equivalent of a full tablespoon.
- Make the eggs whites:
- Start at low speed with a pinch of salt so that the egg whites are very liquid
- Stir in 1/3 of the sugar at medium speed
- Add 2/3 of the sugar and the zests on low speed until the egg whites are firm but soft
- Put the egg whites into the bowl
- Cook for about 45 min
- Let cool and unmould in a dish. Save in the fridge
- Decorate and serve (caramel can be added when serving)
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