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"Suspiro de Limeña" or Sigh of a Woman from Lima

Course Dessert
Difficulty Low
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 6 portions
Author Lorena Salinas from Cravings Journal

Ingredients

For the base

  • 400 g evaporated milk
  • 400 g condensed milk
  • 2 egg yolks

For the meringue

  • 4 egg whites
  • double the weight from the egg whites in sugar
  • 100 ml port wine

Optional

  • cinnamon to garnish

Instructions

For the base

  1. Cook the milks on low heat stirring all the time with a spatula until you get coating consistency: you should be able to draw a line across the spatula without it getting covered again.

  2. Turn off the heat and add the egg yolks, mixing with a whisk really fast.

  3. Pass through a sieve and into the individual containers or in a large container.

  4. Once cooled to room temperature put in the fridge for at least 4 hours.

For the meringue

  1. Make a Swiss meringue: put the egg whites and sugar in a mixing bowl in a bain marie and mix every once in a while. Remove it from the heat once all the sugar has dissolved.

  2. Whip on high speed until the meringue comes to room temperature

  3. Add the port wine and mix.

  4. Put in a pastry bag and top the base with it. You can achieve the same texture as me by sticking the back of a spoon to the meringue and pulling up.

  5. Garnish with powdered cinnamon.