Silves Squire
Ingredients:
- 200
grs of husked almonds ;
- 200
grs of sugar ;
- 3
egg yolks ;
- 10
grs of ovos moles (an egg yolk sweet) ;
- 20
grs of fios de ovos (en egg yolk sweet) ;
- 100
grs of Malabar gourd preserve ;
- 0.5
grs of glace Royal (1) ;
- flour,
butter or lard ;
- sugar
flowers and leaves ;
(1)
Blend of icing sugar, egg-whites and lemon juice (about 100 grs of
sugar to 1 egg-white)
Preparation:
Place
the sugar and a little water in a pan and put it on the flame. Boil
the sugar for a few minutes until it forms a slightly thick, unbroken
string when dripped from a spoon.
Then add the almonds (previously peeled and passed through a grinder
three times).
Gradually stir in the egg yolks, and keep on the stove until the
bottom of the pan can be seen when the mixture is pushed away with a
spoon.
Let it cool off.
Place the flour on the moulding board; on it, spread two thirds of the
mixture, giving it the shape of a round box.
In that box place half the «fios de ovos», then the Malabar gourd
preserve and the «ovos moles» and finally the other half of the «fios
de ovos»; cover this with the remaining mixture.
Take a tin mould with the same height as the cake.
Grease it with lard or butter, powder it with flour and adjust it to
the cake.
Place this in a tray and bake it in the oven until it is brown.
Take the mould off the «squire», scrape off all the flour, cover it
with glace Royal and decorate to taste with sugar flowers and leaves.
source:
Algarve
Tourist Region
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