Sabayon (Jewish-Tunisian recipe)

sent by Reuven Bitton
  • For : 6 servings
  • Time : 4 h 30
  • Difficulty : easy

Ingredients for Sabayon (Jewish-Tunisian recipe) :

  • 3 eggs
  • 70 g sugar
  • 2 packets vanilla sugar
  • 10 cl sunflower or peanut oil
  • 1 tablespoon orange flower water

Technical stages for Sabayon (Jewish-Tunisian recipe) :

  • Separate the egg whites.
  • cremer the yolks with 3 Tsp sugar and vanilla sugar until the mixture foams.
  • Add the oil and beat like making a mayonnaise until you get a stable emulsion (the mixture must be perfectly smooth).
  • Add the orange flower water and mix.
  • beat the egg whites until stiff and tighten them with the remaining sugar.
  • Add a 1/3 of the whites in the yolks to thin out the preparation. Then, place the yolks in the container of the egg whites and delicately stir with a rubber spatula so that the whites remain stiff.
  • Mold in individual ramekins or in a long cake pan (so that you can slice it afterwards), and place in your freezer for 3 or 4 hours minimum.
  • INFO:
  • This egg ice cream that is traditionally flavoured with orange flower water is usually eaten with an almond semolina cake (Tunisian pastry called "Arissa Bel Louz" in Tunisian).
  • TIPS:
  • Before adding the egg whites to the yolks, we may flavour the sabayon with an aroma such as: with Cremovo (Marsala with eggs) that is heaven served with strawberries. We may flavour it with bitter almond, liquor...
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