July 29th - You'll have probably gathered by now that I am not a flash cook and I'm also pretty easy to impress. Bake Off, Masterchef...those guys are good! But imagine my surprise when my daughter arrived home from work and announced that they had made a berry roulade. I mean..... what.....well, if they can do it, so can I!! I'd already cleared out the loft and found one of my son's cookbooks with a recipe for Lemon Meringue Roulade so I was definitely up for the challenge. First, I beat 4 egg whites until stiff then gradually added in 250g of caster sugar. This mixture was spread onto a baking sheet lined with baking parchment and then sprinkled with flaked almonds. It was first baked for 10 minutes at 160 then for a further 20 minutes at 140. When it came out of the oven I left it to sit for 5 minutes and then turned it out onto another piece of parchment and left to cool completely. I mixed whipped cream (creme fraiche in the recipe...but the Coop.....as you know by now...) with lemon curd for the filling and spread the mixture on top of the meringue. It was now or never. Count to 10. Roll. Actually I need not have stressed - it rolled up a treat - and tasted even better.
In fact I was so impressed with this I did a bit of experimentation and made a banoffee roulade! The filling was a tin of caramel, carton of whipped double cream and a token banana! So go on, get a bit flash....especially if you need a pud to impress!
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