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Tubes with protein cream and walnuts

Wafer Tubes with Meringue Cream and Walnuts

Crisp wafer tubes with walnuts and fluffy meringue cream — one for the sweet tooth. This recipe uses simple, easy-to-find ingredients, and the wafers bake up in no time. Just a few minutes of work and you've got a treat ready for tea!

Julia

Recipe author

Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Eggs

Sugar

100

Flour

100

Cream (or milk)

0.25

Walnuts (or any other nuts)

Sugar

0.5

Egg whites

Citric acid (a knife-tip's worth)

0.2

Vanillin

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 11 % 7 g

Fats 16 % 10 g

Carbohydrates 73 % 46 g

308 kcal

GI: 2 / 0 / 98

Cooking method

Cooking time: 30 min

Step 1:

The ingredients.
Step 2:

Whisk the sugar with one whole egg and one egg white.
Step 3:

Add the flour and mix well.
Step 4:

Add the cream (or milk).
Step 5:

Onto well-greased baking sheets, pour a little batter at a time and spread it with a spoon into small, thin rounds. Mine came out about 3 inches (7–8 cm) across.
Step 6:

Sprinkle each round with the chopped nuts. Put them in a hot (400°F / 200°C) oven for 3–4 minutes. Once the edges start to brown, they're done.
Step 7:

Lift the wafers off with a knife and, while they're still hot (!), roll them into tubes or cones with the nut side facing out. I rolled them without pulling the sheet all the way out of the oven, since they harden fast and can crack. If yours do harden, pop the sheet back into a warm oven and they'll soften up again.
Step 8:

While the tubes cool, make the cream. Separate 2 egg whites (the yolks — plus the yolk left over from the batter — can be saved for other uses). Beat the whites with a mixer until they grow in volume, adding a little citric acid to help them hold. Without stopping, add the sugar a little at a time. Beat to stiff peaks. Fold in the vanillin at the end.
Step 9:

Fill the cooled tubes with the cream.
Step 10:

The cream-filled tubes stay crisp for a while, so if you love that crunch, get the tea brewing right away. Enjoy!