Brazo De Mercedes

Brazo De Mercedes

Ingredients (FILLING):
1 cup condensed milk
8 egg yolks
1 tsp Vanilla Essence
2 tbsp butter

Procedure 1:
In a double-boiler, combine milk and egg yolks.
Cook, stirring continuously until thick.
Remove from heat and stir in vanilla essence and butter.
Set aside.

Ingredients (for MERINGUE):
8 egg whites
1 tsp Cream of tartar
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence

Procedure 2:
Whisk egg whites and cream of tartar until peak formed.
Add sugar gradually while whisking continuously until stiff but not dry.
Fold in Vanilla.Spread Meringue onto greased, parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
Bake at 200°C until brown (approximately 15-20 minutes).
Invert onto another piece of parchment, sprinkle with granulated sugar.
While hot, spread the filling and roll.
Dust top with a bit more sugar.