Grandfathers beard.
Ingredients
For the dough you will need.
- 400 gram 3 Cup wheat flour.
- 250 gram 1⅒ Cup butter.
- 300 gram 1⅓ Cup sugar.
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla sugar.
- 1 teaspoon Bake powder.
- 4 egg yolks.
- 2½ dl milk.
For the fill you will need.
- 225 gram 1 Cup gooseberry, apple, prune or rhubarb, either as porridge or compote.
For marengs you need to.
- 250 gram 1⅒ Cup sugar.
- 4 pasteurized egg whites.
- 1 teaspoon of vinegar.
Recipe.
Recipe for the dough.
- The butter must be soft, after which it is well mixed with the sugar in a bowl,
- after which the egg yolks are mixed in.
- Bake powder, wheat flour and milk mix well in a bowl,
- after which it is mixed with the butter mixture, stir the dough until it is uniform.
- Fill the dough into a baking pan that is approximately 25 x 35 cm in which baking paper has been added.
- The cake is baked at 180°C / 320°F for 15 minutes in a preheated oven.
Recipe for meringue.
- Whip egg whites stiff, while still whipping among vinegar and sugar in little by little until the mixture is thick like meringue.
- When the dough is baked finished, take it out after which the selected fruit or compote is distributed over the cake while still hot,
- then spread the meringue beyond the fruit crop or the compote,
- For example, you can iron the flat or use a spray bag to make tops all over the cake,
- then baked the cake for 10 minutes at the same temperature.
- The meringue must be golden.