Lemon Sansa Stark Pastries
Description
The recipe won't take much time. Let's dive into medieval Europe and try the delicate lemon pastries, Sansa Stark's from Winterfell! To make the pastries, you'll need to bake lemon sponge cakes, prepare lemon curd, and think ahead about the decoration. You can dry lemon slices in the oven—they're both delicious and beautiful. Let's get started. Serve warm or chilled. Perfect with tea.
Instructions
- 1
Step 1
1. Prepare the ingredients for the lemon sponge cake and lemon topping. For decoration, you can use fresh lemon slices in sugar or candied lemon peel. My lemon curd turned out bright orange due to homemade eggs, which have richer-colored yolks compared to store-bought eggs.
- 2
Step 2
2. Separate the egg yolks from the egg whites. Place the whites in the refrigerator for now. Add 4 tablespoons of sugar to the yolks and beat with a mixer until the mixture increases in volume.
- 3
Step 3
3. Then add a tablespoon of lemon juice and 4 tablespoons of water. Mix with a blender.
- 4
Step 4
4. Beat the egg whites with a mixer until stiff peaks form, then add 4 tablespoons of sugar. Mix well.
- 5
Step 5
5. Combine the yolk mixture with the egg white mixture, flour, and baking powder.
- 6
Step 6
6. Add the zest of one large lemon. Mix well. The dough is ready. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
- 7
Step 7
7. Grease the mold with vegetable oil.
- 8
Step 8
8. Sprinkle with flour.
- 9
Step 9
9. Fill the molds with the batter, but no more than halfway. Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes.
- 10
Step 10
10. While the cupcakes are baking, prepare the cream for the lemon caps. To do this, dissolve the gelatin in a small amount of boiling water, mix well. Combine it with the lemon curd.
- 11
Step 11
11. Let the finished sponge cakes cool slightly, then remove them from the molds. The amount of batter is enough for 12 sponge cakes.
- 12
Step 12
12. After baking, thoroughly wash the molds, dry them completely. Grease with vegetable oil and pour 2 tablespoons of lemon curd into each one.
- 13
Step 13
13. Insert the biscuits and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- 14
Step 14
14. Carefully remove the pastries, garnish with a lemon slice, and enjoy!
- 15
Step 15
15. Lemon Sanss cookies are ready!