'Parachuters' (Padobranci) - Macaroons of Balkan

This is one of favourite desserts in Balkans. Very similar to Macaroons...

Ingredients:

Macaroons-

4 egg whites

220 g icing sugar

200 g ground walnuts

2 tsp lemon juice or vinegar

1 tbs corn flour (or fine biscuit crumbs)

Cream-

100 g butter, soft

100 g icing sugar

2 yolks

50 g chocolate, melted

Method:

Beat egg whites until soft peak forms; add sugar, spoon by spoon. Beat until sugar dissolved and egg whites thick. Fold in lemon juice, corn flour, walnuts  and corn flour.

Preheat oven to 150*C; line biscuit tins with baking paper (or al - foil).

Pipe or spoon meringue into little circles, with some space between them. Bake / dry for 1 hour; switch oven off and let macaroons cool inside ajared oven.

For cream; beat butter, sugar and yolks until thick and fluffy. Add melted chocolate, mix well.

When macaroons are cooled, place some of cream on one and top with another-one. 

Keep in a cool, dry spot.

Padobranci

Potrebno:

Puslice-

4 bjelanca

220 gr secera u prahu

200 gr mljevenih oraha

2 k soka limuna ili sirce

1 K 'Gustina' ili mrvica  obicnog keksa

Krema-

100 gr maslaca, omeklsalog

100 gr secera u prahu

2 zumanca

50 gr cokolade, otopljene

Nacin:

Umutite bjelanca u cvrst snijeg, dodajte kasiku po kasiku secera i limunov sok. Umutite dobro, zatim dodajte ostale sastojke, rucno mijesajuci. 

Ukljucite renu na 150*C, pripremite plehove, oblozite ih papirom za pecenje ili al- folijom.

Kasicicom ili pomocu slasticarske vrecice nanesite male hrpice umucene smjese, pazeci da ostavite razmak izmedju njih.

Susite oko 1 sat, iskljucite rernu i ostavite odskrinutu da se padobranci ohlade u njoj.

Za kremu, umutite secer sa maslacem i zumancima u gustu smjesu. Dodajte cokoladu i dobro promijesajte. 

Sastavljajte po dva padobranca sa ovom smjesom.

Drzite na hladnom i suhom mjestu.