Fried Milk
Origin: Buenos Aires
Source: Candelaria Viola de Ortiz, 1890
Ingredients
- 16 egg yolks
- 3 cuartas well-sweetened milk
- 4-6 leaves orange-tree leaves
- 4 oz ground almonds, thinned in milk and strained
- bizcochuelo (sponge cake), ground
- beaten egg (for coating)
- butter (for frying)
- sugar and cinnamon (to finish)
Instructions
- Beat yolks into sweetened milk, strain, and heat; add orange leaves as it boils.
- Stir in the strained almond milk and cook to a high point.
- Pour over ground sponge cake in a dish and cool until firm.
- Cut into slices, coat in egg then sponge cake, and fry in butter.
- Roll in sugar and cinnamon and serve.