introduction to Danish desserts

These cakes look nice right?

Sofie is a baker, so it is pretty easy for her to make beautiful creations like that ! And today, she invites me to help her baking these flødeboller. In english, it's called Danish Dream Puffs. These traditional chocolate-covered marshmallow puffs are fantastic, super sweet and really danish ! There is only five ingredients needed but it requires a specific technique to not miss the shape !

Ingredients :

→ 300 g sugar

→ 1 dl water

→ 150 g egg whites

→ 250 g dark chocolate

→ pastry for the base but you can use biscuits

Instructions:

→ Whisk the egg whites airy and stiff. A drop of water or egg yolk will make this process impossible.

→ In a saucepan, add the sugar and water. Let it boil for 2 minutes.

→ Add the hot and boiling water/sugar mixture very slowly to the stiff egg whites while constantly whisking. Continue whisking for about 15 minutes. The result should be an airy, fluffy and slight stiff mixture.

→ Add the Flødebolle stuffing to a plastic bag and cut a small hole in one of the corners.

Cut pieces of pastry as a base for the Flødebolle. Add the stuffing to the biscuits by extruding it from through the small hole in the plastic bag.

→ Let the Flødeboller rest at room temperature for a minimum of one hour. This makes the stuffing harder and makes it easier to cover with chocolate.

→ Melt the 2/3 of the dark chocolate over a water-bath. When the chocolate is melted, turn off the heat and add the rest 1/3 of the chocolate. Stir in the chocolate while it all melts.

→ Place the Flødeboller on an oven grid and pour some chocolate over. Gently use a spoon and a small brush to make a thin chocolate coating. This step can be a little difficult - practice makes perfect.

→ When the chocolate is still soft, decorate the Flødeboller with coconut flakes, freeze dried berries or similar. Let the chocolate harden (about 1-2 hour).

And here is the result !