Tropical fruit swiss roll

Name: Tropical fruit swiss roll
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 125 ml (4 fl oz) tropical fruit juice; 1 egg yolk; 2 teaspoons custard powder; 75 g (2½ oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 30 g (1 oz) caster sugar; 2 teaspoons plain flour; 50 g (1¾ oz) blanched almonds, toasted and chopped (see Chef’s tip); 5 egg yolks; 50 g (1¾ oz) caster sugar; 3 egg whites; 2 teaspoons Kirsch; ½ papaya, chopped; ½ mango, chopped; 1 kiwi fruit, chopped; 45 g (1½ oz) plain flour

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
40 min

Appears in

Cakes

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1999

About

Tropical fruit evokes thoughts of relaxing on balmy summer nights. The combination of flavours in this roll is delicious on such a night, or in the daytime with a refreshing cup of tea.

Ingredients

Fruit Butter Cream

125 ml (4 fl oz) tropical fruit juice
1 egg yolk

Cake
Vegetarian
Summer

Method

To make the fruit butter cream, bring the juice to the boil in a medium saucepan. In a bowl, whisk the egg yolk and sugar together, then sift in the flour and custard powder. Pour some of the hot juice onto the mixture and whisk until smooth. Pour back into the pan of hot juice and whisk over medium heat until the mixture boils and thickens. Cook for 1 minute, whisking c