Elizaveta
Vageena
Pastry chef at her own pastry workshop
Moscow

I am an economist by education, a graduate of the Higher School of Economics. Now I manage my own pastry workshop established in 2015.

Mezeskalacs (Hungarian painted gingerbread honey cookies) became my first pastry hobby; the skills acquired at art school came in handy here. Then I was fond of English cakes decorated with icing in Lambeth style. From the external decoration, I came to the very essence of the cakes. I am learning from the experience of French pastry chefs — great masters of their craft, with Russian chefs whom I love and respect very much… I focus on my self-developing both as a pastry master and as a businessperson.

BIRD’S MILK SWEETS

Elizaveta
Vageena
Pastry chef at her own pastry workshop
Moscow
Ingredients
  • Cream
  • GRANDPRO Cream margarine 360 g
  • Sweetened condensed milk 200 g
  • Vanilla paste to taste
  • Meringue
  • Water 300 g
  • Sugar 380 g
  • Egg whites 160 g
  • Citric acid 0.5 tsp
  • Glucose syrup 200 g
  • Agar agar 90010 g
  • Assembling the dessert
  • Cocoa powder, coconut flakes, freeze-dried berries or tempered chocolate for coating
cooking

Cream

  •  Whisk GRANDPRO Cream margarine to a fluffy foam, add sweetened condensed milk and vanilla paste, whisk again until completely combined. Set aside.

Meringue

  • Make syrup from water, glucose, agar agar, and sugar; bring it to 109—110°C. Remove from heat; wait until the bubbles disappear.
  • Meanwhile, put egg whites and citric acid in a stand mixer; whisk to a light foam; increase the speed of the mixer to maximum and pour the syrup in a thin stream along the walls of the bowl, carefully avoiding the whisk.
  • Whisk the meringue to of 60—65°C. Upon reaching this temperature, quickly add the cream in two or three parts (at medium speed of the mixer). Do not whisk for a long time; it is better to finish the process manually with a spatula to keep the meringue fluffy.
  • Quickly pour the mixture into 20×30-cm frame. Stabilize at room temperature for about 40 minutes and then put in a refrigerator for final stabilization for 4 hours.

Assembling the dessert

  • After stabilization, remove the frame, cut the mass into 3×3-cm squares, dust in cocoa powder, coconut flakes, nut flour or freeze-dried berries. Alternatively, glaze the sliced sweets with tempered chocolate.