Egg whites pudding caramelized with lemon zest

⏱️ 40 min 👥 14 servings 📊 Medium
Portuguese easy desserts
Egg whites pudding caramelized with lemon zest
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A delicious pudding, with excellent presentation, with a slight lemon aroma, confectioned ​​with egg whites, sugar and lemon zest, topped with caramelized sugar.

📝 Ingredients

  • 5 egg whites
  • 150 grams / (5 1/3 ounces) sugar to caramelize
  • 50 ml / (3 1/3 tablespoons) water
  • Zest of one lemon
  • 175 grams / (6 1/4 ounces) sugar

👨‍🍳 Instructions

  1. 1In a pudding mold, place the sugar and the water and leave to caramelize over low heat until obtain a brownish color. Turn off the heat and allow to cool slightly.
  2. 2With an electric mixer beat the egg whites with the sugar until obtain a homogeneous mixture. Then, wrap well the lemon zest with the help of a spoon.
  3. 3Pour the mixture in the pudding mold and bring to preheated oven at 180°C / (350ºF) about 20 minutes.
  4. 4Remove from oven, let cool completely, unmold onto a plate and serve.

About the Chef & Original Recipe

This recipe was published by Pedro Barbosa on foodfromportugal.com. Visit the original source for step-by-step photos, chef notes and additional details.