HUEVOS MOLLES / Yolk Cream Dessert
Ingredients :
Cakes:
8 eggs
8 tablespoons sugar
8 tablespoons arrowroot (potato starch) or cornstarch may be used instead
1 ½ tablespoon Pisco or other similar liquor
Syrup:
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 cinnamon stick
1/3 cup Pisco or similar
Yolk Sauce:
2 cups of sugar
2 cups of water
1 cinnamon stick
16 egg yolks
½ cup white wine
Ground cinnamon
3 oz (80 g) toasted almonds, halved lengthwise
Preparation:
Cakes:
Beat whole eggs until very thick. Continue beating and add, gradually, 8 tablespoons sugar.
Add Pisco (drop by drop) while beating. Remove bowl from mixer and fold in arrowroot. Transfer mixture to 2 round pans, lined with greased parchment paper and bake in preheated moderate oven at 350ºF(180ºC) for 25 to 30 minutes or until cooked. Remove from oven and cool on a rack.
Syrup:
Place sugar, water and cinnamon in a saucepan and bring to a boil for 6 to 7 minutes. Add pisco, boil again and remove from heat.
Yolk Sauce:
Place sugar, water and cinnamon in a saucepan and bring to a boil until syrup reaches 228º - 234ºF /109º -112ºC in a candy thermometer. Beat egg yolks until very thick. Add yolks to syrup, folding, and return to heat, stirring with a wooden spoon until sauce thickens.
Assemble:
Place 1 cake on a round serving plate. Brush syrup on cake. Spread yolk sauce on top and cover with another cake. Brush syrup on top and cover with remaining yolk sauce. Sprinkle cinnamon on top and almonds.
8 servings
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