Three Milks (Tres leches)
2 servings
40 minutes
Alexey Kanevsky, chef of the Smoke BBQ restaurant, shared the recipe with us. The name of the dessert is translated from Spanish as "Three Milks": it really does use three types of milk. The dish originates from Mexico, but is prepared all over the world, from Texas to Barcelona. In Russia, it is especially loved - sweet creamy milk flavors are strongly associated with childhood.
1
Take six out of eight eggs and separate the whites from the yolks. First, beat 6 egg whites with 100 grams of sugar in a blender until a thick white foam forms, and to prevent the whites from settling, place it in the refrigerator.
- Chicken egg: 8 pieces
- Sugar: 200 g
2
Add 2 whole eggs to 6 yolks, add the remaining 100 grams of sugar, and whip until white foam forms. Combine the whites and yolks gently and carefully with a spatula. Add well-sifted flour to the mixture of whipped whites and yolks and knead the dough with the same spatula.
- Chicken egg: 8 pieces
- Sugar: 200 g
- Wheat flour: 200 g
3
Pour it into the mold and bake at 180 degrees for 45 minutes. The biscuit will rise during baking if the eggs are whipped correctly.
4
Make a mixture from three types of milk and pour it completely over the prepared biscuit to soak. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least overnight or up to a day.
- Milk: 50 ml
- Baked (scalded) milk: 50 ml
- Condensed milk: 50 g
5
Before serving, you can top it with whipped cream or cottage cheese from fermented milk. For complete perfection, you can also dust it with smoked paprika.
6
To make cottage cheese from ryazhenka at home, freeze a carton of 1% kefir in the freezer, then remove the packaging and place it in a strainer over a pot. Cover with plastic wrap and put it on the top shelf of the fridge. By morning, the whey will drain down (mix it with some citrus juice and drink - it's refreshing!), leaving a delicate homogeneous airy cottage cheese in the strainer that resembles whipped cream in texture. With such decoration, the dessert will be called Quatro leches - 'Four milks.'