Mastered Kate Belcher's foolproof way with meringue? Then now be a retro queen with this lovely old-fashioned dish of baked Alaska.
Ingredients
- A sponge flan case
- 1/2 tbsp raspberry jam
- vanilla ice cream.
- A basic Swiss meringue (see recipe), but use 2 egg whites and 115g sugar.
Method
- 1. Using a 7.5cm cutter, stamp out 4 rounds from a sponge flan case.
- 2. Spread each with 1/2 tbsp raspberry jam and top with vanilla ice cream. Open-freeze on a lined baking tray for 15 minutes.
- 3. Preheat the oven to 230°C/fan210°C/gas 8. Make a basic Swiss meringue (type this into the search engine for this recipe), but use 2 egg whites and 115g sugar.
- 4. Spoon into a large piping bag with a 1cm fluted nozzle. Pipe meringue around each sponge, spiralling up to cover the ice cream.
- 5. Bake for 3-4 minutes.