Marensbombuskál

Meringue shell

Many Icelanders love sweet, and really sweet! In Iceland you can often find such meringue bombs in cafés, on cake buffets or at home coffee tables. I'm not talking about the calories in this cake either. However, the cake is a bit difficult to cut - that's why there is no photo of the cut.

We had this “bomb” as a dessert on Christmas Day.

By the way, for the pastry I used frozen berries that I let thaw in the fridge overnight. Fresh berries are actually ideal for the recipe.

Ingredients

6 egg whites

1 Tbsp potato flour

300 g sugar

1 pinch of salt

250 g whipping cream

1 pinch of ground vanilla

approx. 150 g mixed berries

Chocolate sauce

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 300 °F (150 °C) - be sure to use circulating air!

Using a template, cut out a circle of approx. 20 cm in diameter from baking paper and place it on a baking tray lined with a layer of baking paper. Then set the baking tray aside for now. (When painting the circle on the baking paper, it is important to place the side with the line down - otherwise the paint will go into the meringue.)

In a clean bowl, beat the egg whites slowly at low speed until fluffy, then increase the speed and beat until stiff, about 5 minutes.

Then add the potato flour and sugar, one tablespoon at a time, stirring constantly.

At the end a very compact, thick mass must have been created.

Then use a tablespoon to place the mixture on the baking paper circle so that the egg whites essentially form a "bowl" with a high edge - the cream and fruit filling then goes into the middle after baking.

Put the egg white “bowl” in the preheated oven and let it bake at 300 °F (150 °C) for about an hour (alternatively at 250 °F (120 °C) for about 90 minutes).

After the baking time, turn off the oven, DO NOT open the oven and let the meringue shell cool completely in the closed oven so that the pastry retains its shape.

Beat the cream with a pinch of vanilla until stiff.

Pour the whipped cream into the middle of the meringue shell, spread the berries over it and cover everything with a little chocolate sauce.

Then serve the “bomb” straight away.

[Translated from here.]