Christmas cake "Yolochka"
6 servings
90 minutes
The Christmas pastry 'Tree' is an exquisite dessert resembling a festive New Year tree. Its roots trace back to European cuisine, where such themed sweets often adorn the Christmas table. Light airy biscuits made from almond flour blend gently with white chocolate and crunchy pistachios, creating a rich nutty-chocolate flavor. Decorated with sugar glaze and drops of jam, these miniature trees look magical and perfectly complement the winter holiday atmosphere. They not only please the eye but also provide true gastronomic pleasure by combining sweetness, tenderness, and a hint of citrus freshness. This dessert will be an ideal decoration for the festive table and create a sense of warmth and coziness among loved ones.
1
To bake these biscuits, you will need baking paper: draw circles with a diameter of 20 cm on the paper, cut them out, cut to the middle, roll into cones and secure with clips. Place the paper cones upright in cups with a smaller diameter than the cones.
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Now we can start the test.
3
Separate the whites from the yolks, beat with a pinch of salt until stable foam forms, gradually adding sugar while continuing to beat. Then add the yolks. Mix ground almonds with flour and starch. Gently fold the flour mixture into the egg mass.
- Chicken egg: 3 pieces
- Salt: pinch
- Sugar: 75 g
- Ground almonds: 100 g
- Wheat flour: 25 g
- Starch: 25 g
4
Fill the pastry bag with the dough and use it to fill paper cones.
5
Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool.
6
Chop the pistachios. Melt the white chocolate in a water bath.
- Pistachios: 100 g
- White chocolate: 100 g
7
Carefully release the cooled biscuits from the paper with a sharp knife, and trim the base if necessary.
8
Brush the biscuits with a thin layer of chocolate and roll them in crushed pistachios.
- White chocolate: 100 g
- Pistachios: 100 g
9
Red dot-balls (with any jam) can be applied using a regular medical syringe without a needle.
10
Mix powdered sugar with lemon juice and use a teaspoon to place the resulting glaze on top of each tree.
- Powdered sugar: 3 tablespoons
- Lemon juice: 1 teaspoon
11
Dust the Christmas trees with powdered sugar on top.
- Powdered sugar: 3 tablespoons