Turkish Delight Meringue

Name: Turkish Delight Meringue
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 6 egg whites; 1-2 tbsp icing sugar, plus more to dust; 1-2 tsp rose water (to taste; do take care, taste as you add); 350 g golden (or white) icing sugar, sifted; 300 ml double cream; 600 g raspberries; 2 leaves (4 g) gelatine; juice of ½ lemon; 100 g caster sugar; 1-1½ tbsp rose water (to taste; do take care, taste as you add); 50 g unsalted pistachio nuts, chopped

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Birthday Cake Book

By Fiona Cairns

Published 2011

About

The exotic flavours of rose water and pistachio both appear in this delicious meringue filled with raspberry jelly. Make the jelly and meringue the day before, then whip the cream and assemble shortly before serving.

Ingredients

For the Raspberry Jelly

2 leaves (4 g) gelatine
600 g raspberries

Asia
Turkey
Cake
Mediterranean
Vegetarian
Baking
Birthday

Method

To make the jelly, soak the gelatine in a bowl of cold water for about 10 minutes. In a saucepan, place 400 g of the raspberries, the lemon juice and sugar. Simmer over a very, very gentle heat for 10-15 minutes; you will see the juices come from the raspberries. Pour into a sieve set over a bowl a