Suspiro a la Limeña
A light and exquisite dessert that encapsulates the sweetness of Peru.
📷 Luisfranciscopm — CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
⏱️ 20 min prep + 15 min cottura · 4 porzioni · facile
Ingredients
- 200 grams of sugar
- 100 grams of fresh cream
- 3 eggs
- 1 lemon
- 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon of lemon zest
Method
- Beat the 3 eggs with the sugar until you get a homogeneous cream.
- Beat the fresh cream with vanilla and lemon zest.
- Add the egg cream to the cream, mixing well.
- Peel and cook the lemon, then extract the juice.
- In a bowl, mix the lemon juice with the cream and egg mixture.
- Cook the cream in a pan with a strainer, pouring the mixture into the strainer.
- Cook on low heat for 10-15 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Let it cool and serve immediately.
The story
Suspiro a la Limeña was created in the 19th century in Lima, Peru, as a tribute to the beauty and grace of local women.
Community variants (0)
No variants yet: propose the first one!