What you see in the picture above is a traditional Portuguese sweet, called "Suspiros", ready to go to my oven.
Suspiros are very easy to do, the secret is in the oven time and temperature.
Ingredients for 8 Suspiros:
~ 2 egg whites
~ 1 cup of sugar
~ 1 teaspoon of butter
Directions:
Beat two egg whites so they get thicker. Add sugar (at least, one cup) and keep beating until you have a consistent type of dough.
I use a spoon to model the dough in circles, directly in the oven tray, and I separate each other so they don´t glue. The oven tray was previosly covered with cooking paper and a bit of butter.
Suspiros take around 10/15 minutes in 150ºC oven(depending on their size). Suspiro´s dough grows while cooking and becomes golden. When ready, they looked like this:
Yummie, but very caloric :)
Although we love Suspiros, I only do them once or twice a year.
See you.
Mmmmm .... those look delicious and similar to what we call meringues, eaten with ice cream (or whipped cream) they are delicious - thanks for sharing your recipe :)
ReplyDeleteThey look so good, I love how they puff up! They are like the meringues we have here, but ours are much smaller.
ReplyDeleteI will like to taste it..
ReplyDeleteHi Ladies.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your visit and comments.
Lynda: Yes, they´re similar to Merengues (as we call it) or Meringues. I never tried with ice cream. I think next summer I will.
Cheers.
Hi Reeni:
ReplyDeleteYes, me too. I also like the caramel color they get.
Those in the picture didn´t come out very well but my next ones did.
I will blog about the difference between them.
Your caramel cake looks so nice!
Cheers.
Hi Shy.
ReplyDeleteThey´re so easy to do, and very sweet. Harder outside and soft inside. They´re a great treat.
Regards.
sorry but they look gross, they didn't hold their shape.
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