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Maltese Carnival dome

Name: Maltese Carnival dome
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Maltese
Ingredients: 400 g plain sponge cake and 150 g sweet biscuits; 200 g softened butter and 180 g icing sugar; 100 g toasted almonds, 50 g pine nuts and 80 g glacé cherries; 3 pasteurised egg whites and 180 g sugar for coating; 1 tsp vanilla and 80 g dark chocolate

A Carnival dome of sponge, biscuits, cream and pine nuts.

◷ 90 min / 12 servings

Method

Beat butter with icing sugar and vanilla until creamy. Break up cake and biscuits.
Fold cake, biscuits, almonds and half the pine nuts and cherries into cream. Shape a dome on a plate and chill 30 minutes.
Over simmering water, stir pasteurised whites and sugar until they reach 71°C and sugar dissolves. Remove and whisk to a firm, cool meringue.
Cover dome with meringue. Decorate with remaining pine nuts and cherries and melted chocolate. Refrigerate.

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Time excludes extended chilling. Use a thermometer for the meringue.

Tradition reference

Maltese traditional dishes · historical recipe collection ↗

Reference for the dish tradition. This recipe is an original home-kitchen adaptation; family versions vary. Not professionally kitchen-tested.

Maltese Carnival dome

Method

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