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Bambas de nata y chocolate


Ingredients:

  • For sneakers ( slightly adapted from mass blog " The temptations of the saints" ) :
  • Sourdough 200 g : 125 g of bread flour, 75 ml of water , 25 g of fresh yeast
  • 400 g of flour medium strength ( see notes )
  • Sugar 100 g
  • 1/2 tablespoons honey
  • 75 g butter at room temperature
  • pinch of salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 125 ml water
  • For the chocolate glaze :
  • 200g icing sugar
  • 75 ml of water
  • 150 g of chocolate to melt
  • For the whipped cream :
  • 200 g whipping cream , very cold
  • 2 heaping tablespoons sugar

Preparation:

  • We will begin preparing the sourdough . Mix all ingredients form a ball, and we weigh in a bowl, covered with a cloth , until the dough doubles in volume ( about two or three hours). Once the sourdough list, mix it with the remaining ingredients of the mass of the sneakers , except butter, and knead well .
  • Then add the butter and continue kneading until the dough is elastic and homogeneous
  • We form a ball , put in a bowl, and let rest in a warm place covered with a cloth ( I usually use the microwave off!) For a couple of hours
  • After this time, a little crush degas the dough and divide into portions of approximately 80 g . We form a ball with each . The have on a baking tray lined with baking paper , and crush slightly flattened shape to have to leave you to rest covered with a cloth , while preheat the oven to 180 ยบ CBake about 10 minutes , remove from oven and let cool on a rack
  • To prepare the icing, mix first the sugar and water , and put to boil. When we boil , add the chopped chocolate, and stir until well blended .
  • We introduce the cold and sneakers at a time in the chocolate icing , just the top. Turn to remove excess chocolate . Leave coverage solidify before filling and garnish with some chopped peanuts if desired.
  • To prepare the whipped cream filling, put the cream and sugar in a large bowl and beat with electric beater at low speed until well mounted .
  • We opened the sneakers in half , cutting with a serrated knife and fill generously with whipped cream

Hard Nougat



Preparation: 15 minutes (plus drying time)

Cooking time: 45 min

Servings: 1 to 2 tablets nougat, according to the thickness we like

Ingredients
  • 250 g of honey (preferably clarita)
  • Sugar 175 g
  • 1 egg white
  • 250 g of hazelnuts
  • One sheet of paper or sugar wafers

Equipment (optional): Molde nougat . I used a wooden box of nougat saved last year. One milk carton lengthwise cutting can also be used. In any case, must line the pan with baking paper

Preparation
  1. We started preparing a mold (or two) of nougat, lining them with baking paper. Cut two (or 4) sugar paper rectangles the size of the mold, and put one in each mold.
  2. We put in a pot of honey, and sugar over low heat, stirring occasionally until the honey is dissolved and liquid sugar
  3. Apart rode about to clear heavy snow
  4. When sugar has dissolved, add the clear, stirring constantly. A very low heat (the 1 on the hob), we'll be stirring for 45 minutes. At first the mixture is fairly brown and cook but slowly remove the clear will piggybacking, the mixture will become whitish, and volume increase
  5. Add the hazelnuts and mix well. Pour over the mold (or molds) we had prepared, place another sheet of paper sugar on top, and press with a rolling pin to make it smooth
  6. Let cool and harden, uncovered, in a cool place for a couple of days. Then we keep in a metal can to consumption.