Dessert for 4
Postre Chajá
Soft sponge cake layers with peaches, dulce de leche, whipped cream, and baked meringue create this Uruguayan dessert.
Typical price
$9.74for 4 servings
$2.43 per serving$9.74 for 4
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- 90 minstart to table
- Mediumdifficulty
- 4servings as written
- $$typical cost tier
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What it costs
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| Ingredient | Amount | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Eggs$0.30 each typical | 6 | $1.80Typical price |
| Evaporated or condensed milk$0.14/oz typical | 7 oz | $0.99Typical price |
| Heavy cream$0.22/oz typical | 14 oz | $3.10Typical price |
| Peaches, pears, plums$2.49/lb typical | 1.2 lb | $2.94Typical price |
| Total for the servings shown | $9.74 | |
Pantry staples you likely have
Sugar and brown sugarFlourCornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoa
Not included in the cost.
Ingredients
- 5 egg
- 100 g sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 75 g all purpose flour
- 30 g cornstarch
- 1 egg white
- 50 g sugar
- 200 g dulce de leche
- 400 g heavy cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 40 g sugar
- 500 g peaches
- 50 ml peach juice
- 1 tsp cornstarch
Steps
- Heat the oven to 350 F, oil a 9-by-13-inch pan, and line it with flour.
- Beat the five eggs with 100 grams sugar for 5 minutes, fold in the flour and cornstarch, and bake for 20 minutes.
- Beat the egg white with 50 grams sugar, spread it on a lined baking sheet, and bake at 300 F for 20 minutes until firm.
- Cook the peaches, peach juice, and cornstarch in a saucepan over medium heat for 3 minutes, then cool the fruit.
- Whip the heavy cream with vanilla and 40 grams sugar until thick, then crumble the cooled meringue.
- Split the cooled cake, spread on dulce de leche, peaches, cream, and meringue, then stack the layers.
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