Ladyfingers

Ladyfingers are also known around the world as Boudoir biscuits, sponge biscuits, sponge fingers, Naples biscuits, Savoy biscuits (Savoiardi) and biscuits à la cuiller.

Preparation Time:	10
Cooking Time:	20
Time Until Ready:	1 hour
Serves:	6+

Ingredients

5 egg whites
5 egg yolks
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup flour

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
• Whisk together the egg yolks with 2/3 of the sugar until thick, pale and much increased in volume.
• In a separate bowl whisk the egg whites, slowly adding half the remaining sugar until the mixture forms stiff peaks.
• Stir in the remaining sugar and then fold together the two mixtures.
• Sieve the flour and then sprinkle and fold it into the mixture, making sure it is thoroughly mixed, at the same time trying not to deflate it too much.
• Load the mixture into a piping bag fitted with a large plain round nozzle.
• Pipe out lengths of the mixture the size and thickness of a finger.
• Dust the shapes generously with icing sugar and bake for 15 minutes.
• Remove the biscuits from the oven, dust them again with icing sugar and leave them for five minutes before returning to the oven to finish.

Delicious with Strawberry and Champagne Sabayon, in Tiramisu and in English Trifle.

Source: hamiltro

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