Silvanas

Silvanas

Meringue Wafer:

• 1/2 cup egg whites
• 1 tsp. cream of tartar
• 3/4 cup caster sugar
• 1/4 tsp. almond extract
• 1/4 cup all purpose flour , sifted
• 1/2 cup cashew nuts, finely ground and sifted

Icing:

• 1/2 cup butter, softened at room temp.
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1/8 cup milk

Coating:

• 1 3/4 cups cashew nuts, finely ground + 1/4 cup bread crumbs  or
• 1 3/4 cups cake crumbs + 1/4 cup cashew nuts, finely ground

 Cooking Instructions

• Preheat oven to 300F. Grease and flour cookie sheet or use a good quality wax paper.
• Grind cashew nuts finely in a food processor with all-purpose flour. But if you don’t have you can do it manually with mortar and pestle as what I did. Sieve crushed cashew nuts and set aside. Sift all-purpose flour in a separate bowl and set aside as well.
• Combine egg whites and cream of tartar in a mixing bowl with wire whip attachment. Mix at medium speed for 1 minute while gradually adding the caster sugar. Switch the speed and add the almond extract, continue beating the egg whites until stiff peaks are formed and glossy.
• Fold in flour and cashew nuts together over a sieve and gradually cut and fold until well blended. Put mixture into piping bag and snip the end with a scissor.
• Pipe meringue onto the prepared cookie sheet lined with wax paper. To yield the same size of meringue wafer make a circle pattern using any size of round shape you got and trace it on the wax paper for an even outline. In this procedure I used a 2 inch cookie cutter, the size is just perfect for me.
• Pipe meringue evenly onto the sheet, this recipe makes 24 wafers; yields a dozen of decadent sylvana. Bake the meringue in the center of the oven for 25 minutes or until lightly brown.
• Let it cool completely before transferring to a wire rack to prevent the wafers from cracking. Meringue wafers are fragile when it’s hot and very easy to peel off when it’s completely cooled.
• Prepare icing while waiting for the meringue wafer to cool down. Dissolve sugar in milk, then cream butter until pale in color. Add sugar-milk solution slowly while beating continuously until smooth.
• Chill the butter mixture while preparing for the coating mixture. In a bowl crumble leftover slice of sponge cake, mamon or any plain yellow cake.  In this recipe I’m using one of my Torta Cake Cebuano that I made earlier. Crumble the cake finely and add the finely ground cashew nuts and mix well, then set aside.
• To prepare the other coating mixture mix finely ground cashew nuts and add the bread crumbs in a separate bowl and mix well, then set aside. If you don’t have bread crumbs that would be fine ‘coz it’s just an extender (cashews are expensive why not add a cheaper extender, that doesn’t compromise the taste anyway).

To assemble the Sylvanas : Stir chilled butter lightly to soften and using a brush, brush icing on a meringue wafer and sandwich with another meringue wafer. Hence, that most of  Sylvanas recipe procedures I’ve seen are sandwiched in reverse “flat-side-out”. I don’t really know why it has to be done like that but I guess to have a crunchy Sylvanas exterior and a soft and gooey interior. But I find it too buttery ‘coz I have to fill the center with lots of butter to make a flat and even sides.

source:  pinoyrecipe.net

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SILVANAS

SILVANAS

Meringue Wafer:

1 cup egg whites

1 tsp. cream of tartar

1 cup sugar

Pinch of salt

½ cup all purpose flour , sifted

1/2 cup cashew nuts, finely ground and toasted

For French Buttercream:

           1/3 cup water

            1 cup sugar

           ¼ tsp. cream of tartar

           6 egg yolks

         1 cup butter

         2 tsps. vanilla

For coating:  1 cup finely chopped and toasted cashews + ½ cup toasted flour   OR

                       Crushed grahams

Cooking Instructions



1.    Combine water, sugar and cream of tartar in a thick saucepan and mix well.  Clip candy thermometer.  Cook over medium high heat until syrup reaches 250 degrees F.
2.    Start beating the egg yolks when temperature of the sugar mixture reached 220 deg.
3.    Beat egg yolks until thick and lemon-colored. 
4.    When syrup temperature reaches 250 degrees, remove from fire and add syrup in thin streams to the egg yolks, while beating at high speed.  Chill.
5.    In another bowl, cream butter until light and fluffy.
6.    Gradually add the chilled egg yolk mixture to the butter while beating at medium speed.  Wait for the butter to absorb the yolk mixture before adding the next spoonful or so.
7.    Add vanilla.  Refrigerate until ready to use.
8.      Pre heat oven to 300 deg F.  Line 2-3 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
9 Trace about 24  2-inch circles on the parchment papers and invert the papers. 

10.  Combine egg whites, sugar, salt, vanilla and cream of tartar in a mixing bowl with wire whip attachment.  Start mixing at medium speed and continue beating until stiff peaks are formed and glossy.
11.Stop mixer and add in flour and cashew nuts and mix on high until well blended. Put mixture into piping bag fitted with a plain ½ inch round tip.
12. Pipe meringue onto the prepared cookie sheets.
14. Bake the meringue in the center of the oven for 25 minutes or until lightly brown.
15. Let it cool completely before transferring to a wire rack to prevent the wafers from cracking. Meringue wafers are fragile when it’s hot and very easy to peel off when it’s completely cooled.





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Coffee Buttercream Sans Rival

Coffee Buttercream Sans Rival

serves around 8


Meringue 

This recipe is good enough to make three rectangular sheets that could fit in a half-sheet tray (18 by 13 inches). I decided to pipe the meringue into rounds instead of rectangles, but I still used a sheet tray lined with a silicone mat that measures 11 5/8 by 16 ½ inches. Two rounds fit in the silicone mat so I worked in batches. Alternatively, you can also use cake pans, greased, lined with parchment, greased again, and floured.

• 180 grams clean egg whites
• a pinch of cream of tartar
• 170 grams granulated sugar
• 10 grams all-purpose flour
• 50 grams granulated sugar (for the flour and nut mixture)
• 60 grams cashew nuts, processed/chopped into very small pieces
• additional cashew nuts for decoration

Whip the egg whites and cream of tartar until soft peaks. Gradually add the sugar and whip until stiff.Combine the sugar, flour and nuts and fold it into the meringue, working in 3 additions. Use a piping bag to pipe the mixture onto the pan, using a spiral motion to create equal circles. Bake at 350 F/180 C for 30 – 45 minutes or until golden brown. Allow to cool at room temperature.

Coffee Buttercream
recipe adapted from Memories of Philippine Kitchens by Amy Besa and Romy Dorotan

• 7 egg yolks
• ¾ cup sugar
• ½ cup heavy cream
• 454 grams/1 pound unsalted butter at room temperature
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 6 tablespoons coffee powder (or more if a stronger flavor is desired)

Beat the yolks and sugar using an electric mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, until it becomes light and lemon-colored. Warm the heavy cream in a large saucepan, until bubbles appear around the sides. Whisk the heavy cream into the yolks and return it to the saucepan. Stir over low heat until thick, around 10 – 12 minutes. Be careful not to let it boil or else it will curdle. Remove from heat, transfer to a large bowl (or the bowl of an electric mixer) and let it cool.
You can whisk the buttercream by hand or use an electric mixer, with the paddle attachment. Either way, add the butter into the cooled custard bit by bit, beating the pieces in until completely absorbed before adding in the next. Add the vanilla extract. When all the butter has been incorporated and the mixture is smooth, you can set aside 1/3 of the buttercream, and mix in the coffee powder into the remaining 2/3. Set aside until ready to use.
Assemble: place one layer of meringue on a plate or cake board. Using a straight or offset spatula, spread an even but thin layer of buttercream on it, and top with the second layer. Repeat, then top with the third layer. Spread the buttercream on top, and along the sides. When the coating is generous and even, you can pipe decorative rosettes using the regular buttercream on top. If the surrounding temperature is a bit warm the buttercream might soften too much for you to achieve good, sturdy piping. At this point you can let the mixture rest in the fridge, or to speed up the process, place it in the freezer for a couple of minutes.
Coat the sides and sprinkle the top with the chopped cashew nuts. When coating the sides, get a handful of the chopped nuts and lightly pat the side making sure that the nuts stick to the buttercream. The excess will fall of and you can clean it up when you’re done decorating.
Place it in the refrigerator or freezer until ready to serve.


source :  the Hungry Giant