QimiQ Easter Cake from Micha Schärer

Gateaux and Cakes

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Ingredients for 12 portions
  • 1 Fresh sweet short crust pastry[Tante Fanny]
  • 150 g QimiQ Classic, unchilled
  • 10 g Butter
  • 30 g Hard wheat semolina, fine
  • 300 ml Milk
  • Salt
  • 5 tbsp Sugar
  • 4 Egg(s)
  • 1 Lime(s)
  • 150 g Almonds, ground
  • Powdered sugar, to dust
  • Jelly eggs
Method
1.
Preheat the oven to 200 °C (air circulation).
2.
Roll the pastry into a circle with approx 30 cm Ø. Place into the same sized greased cake tin and prick with a fork.
3.
Stir the semolina into 100 ml milk. Pour the remaining milk into a saucepan with a pinch of salt and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and add the semolina mixture. Bring back to the boil for a few minutes, remove from the heat and allow to cool.
4.
Whisk QimiQ Classic smooth. Fold into the semolina mixture with 3 tbsp sugar, egg yolks, lemon zest and grated almonds.
5.
Whisk the egg white with a pinch of salt until stiff. Add the remaining 2 tbsp of sugar and continue to whisk for a few minutes. Fold into the semolina mixture and spread evenly over the pastry.
6.
Bake in the lower half of the pre-heated oven for approx. 45 minutes (turn the top heat off after 30 minutes).
7.
Dust with icing sugar and decorate with the jelly eggs.