The art of french pastry phần 170

it; you will have to scale a new recipe and begin again If you pour the hot syrup between the whisk and the sides of the bowl as instructed, most of it will go into the egg whites and the recipe will work No matter how careful you are, though, there will always be a small amount of syrup that splashes onto the bowl, so that you will have a thin candy-like ring of sugar around the inside of the bowl above the meringue Once all of the syrup has been added, whip on high speed for 2 minutes, then reduce to medium and whip for another 5 minutes The meringue should have cooled to lukewarm or room temperature Feel the bottom of the bowl to check the temperature Stop the mixer and add the soft butter to the meringue Mix first on low speed for 30 seconds, then turn to medium speed and mix for another 30 seconds At this point the mixture will not yet be homogenized The butter and meringue have a difficult time combining because they are opposites: butter is all fat, and meringue is water based Turn the mixer up to the highest speed and mix for 3 seconds only You should see the butter cream come together into a shiny, smooth mixture If this doesn’t happen, mix on the highest speed for another couple of seconds Do not over-mix or you will completely deflate the meringue If your butter was too cold it will not mix with the meringue and the recipe will fail; if the butter was too soft or melted, it will mix but make a greasytasting butter cream IT’S DONE WHEN IT’S DONE ... ring of sugar around the inside of the bowl above the meringue Once all of the syrup has been added, whip on high speed for 2 minutes, then reduce to medium and whip for another 5 minutes The meringue... Feel the bottom of the bowl to check the temperature Stop the mixer and add the soft butter to the meringue Mix first on low speed for 30 seconds, then turn to medium speed and mix for another... to the highest speed and mix for 3 seconds only You should see the butter cream come together into a shiny, smooth mixture If this doesn’t happen, mix on the highest speed for another couple of