Tocino de Cielo / Heavenly Pig

[bluesed]

Name of Recipe: Tocino de Cielo
Number of People: 6
Ingredients:
10 yolks + 2 whole eggs
250g sugar
500 water
optional vanilla
For the caramel
150g sugar
75g water



This dessert is one of the oldest and most delicious desserts from the Spanish kitchen. Its history is decribed back to the year of 1324 when it was invented by the nons in the monestaries of Jerez de la Frontera.  The monks used the eggwhites to their wine production and the nons were left to cook desserts with egg yolks.

Preparation:

Put the 500g sugar and 250g water into the TM and set on Varoma sp2 for 17 minutes.
Pour into another bowl and let it chill for 20 minutes or so.

While waiting for the sirup to chill prepare the caramel for the molde.

If you have a pyrex or clay molds that can fit on your stove you can do it directly in that if not use a normal pot and transfer it later to your molds.

Put sugar and water in the pot and heat until the syrup turn brown. If it becomes to thick add a bit more water. The process is the same as when making Tarte Tatin.

Pour the caramel into your molde and let it rest for 10 minutes.

Insert the BUTTERFLY to the TM.

Seperate the 10 eggs and add the 10 yolks to the TM and 2 whole eggs. SP2 for 30 seconds.

Continue on SP2 and slowly add the syrup little by little untill its incorporated( about 1-2 minutes)

Strain the egg yolk/sirupe over the carmelized molds.

Bake in oven at 150 celcius in a Bain Marie for about 40 minutes depending on the size of your molds.

When done let it cool down and flip it out on a plate.

Serve it and enjoy 


Photos: http://img213.imageshack.us/i/tocinindecielo.jpg/

Tips/Hints: Instead of using on big mold you can use small metal cups or ramakins or anything else that can go into the oven.

[pinkscrapbooker]

Sounds yummy, wish I could motivate my chooks to lay more!

[achookwoman]

bluesed,  sounds interesting,   plenty of eggs at he moment,  will give it a go.  Thanks

[cookie1]

This looks interesting. I'll have to keep it handy for when I have heaps of yolks.

[bluesed]

Instead of Bain Marie i guess you could use the Varoma steamer if the molds fits into it. Use some kitchen paper to make sure not to get water dripping down on the cake.

With the leftover egg whites you could make a nice and fluffy Gratin. Just steam some vegetables of your choise like broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, string beans, peas, carrots, leeks or what ever you like.

Make a pretty thick bechemel with cheese if you like and fold in the whipped egg whits little by little.

Grease a ovenproof tray and sprinkle it with breadcrumbs, add the vegetables and cover it with the bechemel, sprinkle with bread crumbs over and dot it with some spoons of butter. Put in oven at 170 celcius for about 30 minutes.

[Thermomixer]

Great work.  I didn't realise that Tocino meant pig!

[bluesed]

yummy, what a nice picture

[Thermomixer]

Thanks - I took the picture but Gabriela Llamas in Madrid actually made it at a cooking class - have to confess