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Rasmalai tres leches
Rasmalai tres leches, from above
Non vegEggBengal x Mexico

Rasmalai tres leches

Three milks, one rasmalai, zero leftovers.

330 minTime
10 gProtein each
mildSpice
Three milks across two coasts2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.
The original
385kcalsame
10 gproteinsame
1 gfibresame
330minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

12 servings
Egg5, at room temperature
Sugar¾ cup plus 2 tbsp
Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1¼ cups
Baking powder1½ tsp
Milk1½ cups, divided
Saffrona big pinch
Evaporated milk1¼ cups
Condensed milk (sweetened condensed milk)⅔ cup
Fresh cream (thickened cream, heavy cream)1¼ cups, divided
Cardamom½ tsp
Rose water1 tsp
Rasmalai (ready)8 ready rasmalai, gently squeezed
Pistachios3 tbsp, slivered

Method

6 steps
  1. 1Beat the eggs with 150 g sugar on high speed for 7 minutes until pale and thick.
  2. 2Sift in the maida and baking powder and fold gently. Fold in 60 ml milk. Pour into a lined 23 x 33 cm tin.
  3. 3Bake in the oven at 180°C for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool 15 minutes.
  4. 4Warm the remaining 300 ml milk with the saffron for 10 minutes. Whisk with the evaporated milk, condensed milk, 100 ml cream and the cardamom.
  5. 5Poke the cake all over with a fork. Pour the milk mixture over in three rounds, letting each soak in. Chill at least 3 hours.
  6. 6Whip the remaining 200 ml cream with 30 g sugar and the rose water to soft peaks. Spread over the cake. Top with halved rasmalai and pistachios.
Serve it like this

Cut a tall square and lift it onto a shallow bowl so the milk pools around it. Crown with half a rasmalai, saffron strands and pistachio slivers.

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