Zephyr: Light and Beautiful Berry & Apple Dessert
🌸 Zephyr: Light and Beautiful Berry & Apple Dessert
👩🍳 About the Chef
Hi, my name is Madina, I'm 26 now and I live in New York for 5 years. My passion is baking! I love to make sweets, and make others happy when I give them my treats as a piece of my love! But the most important thing is, I am a mother of two wonderful babies, and I try to use the best and healthy ingredients for them. I hope you can enjoy my recipes too, and make your family or friends happier with a piece of your sweet masterpiece!
Find me on Instagram: @LazizMadina
📝 About the Recipe
Zephyr is a very light and full of vitamins dessert. It is also very beautiful to serve or place in a gift box. The best part? There is no flour, milk, and no baking! It consists of berries, apples, or any fruits you love and want to add.
📋 Ingredients
| Component | Amount | Ingredient |
| PURÉE | 1 | Egg White (or substitute aquafaba in the same portion, approximately $40\text{g}$) |
| $1/2$ cup | Apple and Berry Purée (Total $150\text{g}$) | |
| $1/2$ cup | Sugar | |
| SYRUP | 1 cup | Sugar |
| $1/2$ cup | Water | |
| 2 tsp | Agar Agar Powder |
| Yield | 14–16 pieces |
| Total Time | 8 hours 15 minutes |
| Prep Time | 1 hour |
| Cooking Time | 15 minutes |
| Other Time | Chilling for 7 hours |
🔪 Directions
PURÉE Preparation
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Prepare Apples: Wash and cut one green apple into 4 pieces. Put it in a saucepan, add 2 Tbsp water, and let it cook until very soft (about 15 minutes).
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Combine and Simmer: Mash the apple, and strain it through a sieve. In a separate saucepan, add $200\text{g}$ of any berries you like (raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, or just banana). Mash them in the saucepan and simmer until the purée is very thick.
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Strain and Measure: Strain the berry purée through a sieve and add it to the apple purée. The final weight of the mixed apple and berry purée should be $150\text{g}$.
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Sweeten and Chill: Add $1/2$ cup of sugar while the purée is still warm; the sugar should be dissolved in the purée. Put the purée into the refrigerator until it's completely cooled (you can make it the night before).
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Tip: Freeze remaining purée and use it for the next time.
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Add Egg White: When the purée is chilled, pour it into a bowl of the mixer. Add 1 egg white (substitutes for aquafaba in the same portion, approximately $40\text{g}$).
SYRUP Preparation
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Combine: In a saucepan, combine $1/2$ cup water, 2 tsp Agar Agar Powder, and 1 cup sugar.
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Boil and Reduce: Place over medium heat, bring the syrup to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and cook for 5 minutes. Whisk continuously until the syrup has thickened and pours from a spoon without dribbling, or reaches $230^{\circ}\text{F}$ ($110^{\circ}\text{C}$).
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Remove: Remove the syrup from the heat.
ZEPYHR Assembly
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Whip Purée: Start beating the egg white and purée until it's very light and doubled or tripled in size. At the same time while beating egg and purée, proceed with the syrup.
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Tip (Electric Mixer): If you have an electric hand mixer, beat the egg/purée until doubled in size. Then start the Agar Agar Powder Syrup, because you need to whisk the syrup constantly until it will be ready.
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Add Syrup: With the mixer on the lowest speed, start pouring the syrup slowly into the egg and purée mixture. Be careful not to cook your eggs in the purée mixture.
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Whip to Soft Peaks: When all syrup is poured, change the mixer to the highest speed and beat for 2 or 3 minutes until soft peaks form.
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Pipe: Transfer the ready mixture to a piping bag with a Wilton 1M tip (or any tip you have) and pipe Roses onto parchment-lined baking sheets.
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Set: Let them stabilize or dry for 6 to 12 hours.
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Finish: When the roses have glossy tops and easily come off, match 2 halves together, sandwich them, and roll them in powdered sugar. Tasty and beautiful zephyrs are ready!
💡 Alternative Tip
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If you don't want berries, you can make it with fruits, add orange zest, or cover it with dark chocolate.
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You can also use zephyr as a filling layer in the cake, or use any silicone molds for the shape you want (do not forget to brush the mold with oil).
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