Wednesday, March 27, 2024
HomeBakedCanonigo

Canonigo

For this year’s first KCC theme we’re supposed to prepare or cook something that would answer this question: “What Filipino dish (savoury or sweet) would you like to have on your birthday?”

Making ube chiffon cake came to my mind easily, I love that cake and I have never tried making it but (due to lack of time and thought ) I wasn’t able to buy ingredients for it, plus I’m not very sure if I can make it successfully with my oven missing its door so I had to try something more simple with less ingredients; that way if ever it fails, it won’t be too much of a waste of time, money and energy ;). After browsing Filipino cookbooks, I thought Canonigo would be perfect to make- it seemed easy and very doable to me, it  will be a breeze (or so I thought..haha).

Canonigo is a Filipino-Spanish meringue dessert very similar to French Ille Flottant ( floating island) the only difference that I see is that Canonigo is bake whole and has caramel sauce. I’ve been wanting to try this too for the longest time but since my husband is not a fan of meringue (he said it was like eating air,), I kept postponing it.

Well, I finally did it last night.. ( it was very last minute but I didn’t want to miss another KCC posting–I missed 2 already including last month’s 🙁 I’m really hoping to get back into regular blogging ( my apology to my blog friends who I haven’t have time to visit lately )..it wasn’t perfect, my canonigo; far from perfect actually hehehe; the meringue that I put in the loaf pan collapsed and the caramel was overcooked; good thing I only made it in small loaf pans so I have some leftover meringue that I baked free form and without a pan ala Ille Flottant.

This is very good, though the sauce is just too rich for me; a little goes a long way here

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looks and taste like a deconstructed Brazo de Mercedes..yummy!

Canonigo

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Canonigo is a Filipino-Spanish meringue dessert very similar to French Ille Flottant ( floating island) the only difference that I see is that Canonigo is bake whole and has caramel sauce.
5 from 1 vote
Course Dessert, Sweets, Sweets and Desserts
Cuisine Spanish
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

FOR CARAMEL:

FOR MERINGUE:

FOR CUSTARD SAUCE:

Instructions
 

FOR CARAMEL:

  • Preheat oven to 325F degrees.
  • Caramelize sugar in a heavy saucepan over low heat, then pour into 2 loaf pans.
  • Grease the sides of the pan.
  • Set aside.

FOR THE MERINGUE:

  • Put egg whites in the bowl of the mixer and beat to soft peaks stage on high speed then gradually add sugar.
  • Beat until stiff peaks form.
  • Pour into the prepared loaf pans and bake in baine marie (put loaf pans into a baking pan then fill pan halfways with hot water).
  • Bake for 30-40 minutes.
  • Let cool for a few minutess before inverting into a serving platter.

FOR CUSTARD SAUCE:

  • Combine all ingredients for the custard sauce in a heavy saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until thick.
  • Add rum, vanilla and butter / margerine.
  • Pour over meringue.
Keyword brazo de mercedes, custard sauce, egg white recipe, floating island, meringue, meringue dessert
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Have a nice day!! 🙂

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