Team Maroon’s Swiss Rolls

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RECIPES BY: Phumla and Moletwa

Moletwa’s Sweet Swiss Roll 

Genoise sponge

1/2 tsp Royal Baking Powder
115g flour sifted
115g castor sugar
pinch of Salt
3ml vanilla
3.5 Eggs
30g Browned butter

  1. Brown your butter in a saucepan and set aside to cool
  2. Make Sabayon with sugar and Eggs till (ribbon stage)
  3. Fold in
  4. Add vanilla & Salt
  5. Sift in your flour & Royal Baking Powder and fold in with a silicone spatula or metal spoon
  6. Fold in your cooled brown butter
  7. Pour mix into a lined flat tray
  8. Cook for 10 mins in oven at 170°c
  9. Once ready flip your cake onto a clean dampened dish towel. Immediately roll into Swiss roll shape and set aside to cool

Roasted Strawberries purée

300g Strawberries cut in half
2 tbs icing sugar
2 tbs balsamic Vinegar.
1tbs rose essence

  1. Roast in over at 180°c for 20mins
  2. Once ready Blend till smooth with 1 tbs Rose essence

Filling

250g mascarpone cheese
1  ½ sheets of gelatin
50g strawberry purée mix
1 tsp vanilla paste
Pinch of salt

  1. Bloom 1 1/2 sheets of gelatin and melt into 100ml of cream in a saucepan. Set aside in fridge to cool
  2. Whip cream with vanilla till stiff peaks and and then fold in mascarpone cheese, pinch of salt and the blended strawberry mix

Swiss Meringue

170g egg whites
1 tsp White spirit vinegar (stabiliser)
200g Sugar
Vanilla
Pinch of salt
Food colouring

  1. Over a double boiler place egg whites and sugar and whisk together, once foamy, add vinegar and whisk continuously until the sugar dissolves into the egg whites.
  2. Transfer egg mix into a mixing bowl with a whisk attachment whisk till stiff peaks form and the mixture is glossy and has cooled.
  3. Whisk in vanilla, salt and food colouring until desired colour is achieved.
  4. Transfer to a piping bag with desired piping nozzle and use on the Swiss roll as needed.