Rhubarb and Vanilla Slices


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Ingredients for 6 portions
  • For the short crust pastry
  • 150 g AP Flour
  • 100 g Butter
  • 50 g Sugar
  • 1 Egg yolk(s)
  • pinch(es) Salt
  • small pinch(es) Lemon peel
  • For the cream
  • 500 g Rhubarb, fresh, peeled
  • 60 g Sugar
  • 500 ml QimiQ Classic Vanilla, room temperature
  • 40 g Sugar
  • 1 tbsp Lemon juice
  • pinch(es) Cinnamon
  • For the meringue
  • 3 Egg white(s)
  • 100 g Sugar
Method
1.
Pre-heat the oven to 360° F (conventional oven).
2.
For the pastry, knead the flour, butter, sugar, egg yolk, salt and lemon peel to a smooth pastry. Wrap in foil and chill for at least 30 minutes.
3.
Place a 20 x 24 cm baking frame on a greased baking tray and press the pastry into the bottom (not up the rim). Prick with a fork and bake in the oven for approx. 20 minutes.
4.
For the cream, chop the rhubarb into 1 cm long pieces. Cook with the sugar over medium heat until soft and allow to cool.
5.
Whisk QimiQ Clasic smooth. Add the rhubarb, 40 g sugar, lemon juice and cinnamon and mix well.
6.
Spread onto the cold pastry base. Chill for at least 4 hours (preferably over night).
7.
Whisk the egg whites and sugar until stiff. Spread over the cold cream and brown with a gas torch. Release the baking frame and portion.