Suspiros Recipes

SUSPIROS (BREATHLESS)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Place tapioca flour in a large bowl. Add sugar, butter, eggs, cinnamon, and salt. Mix well until a soft dough forms.
• Pinch off a small piece of dough and roll out into a rope the length of a pencil on your work surface; coil tightly into a spiral. Repeat with remaining dough. Arrange spirals on baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cooked on the bottom but still pale on top, about 15 minutes.

SUSPIRO LIMENO

Steps:

• Whisk together the sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, vanilla, and egg yolks in a saucepan. Place over medium-low heat and gently cook until the mixture thickens, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, about 30 minutes. Pour into a heatproof serving dish and set aside.
• Whip the egg whites with confectioners' sugar to stiff peaks (see Editor's Note). Spread meringue on top of milk mixture. Refrigerate until cold, about 3 hours. Sprinkle with cinnamon before serving, if desired.

DOMINICAN MERINGUE CAKE FROSTING (SUSPIRO)

Steps:

• Prepare the caramel by boiling water and sugar over low heat, when it starts making thick, sticky bubbles, it has reached a caramel consistency. It'll be a light yellow color. Don't let it burn! (Careful this kind of caramel burns like melted plastic).
• While the caramel cooks, in a glass bowl whisk the egg whites at high speed until it forms peaks.
• Slowly add the powdered sugar until it is all mixed.
• Continue to whisk and add the salt and cream of tartar.
• Very slowly add the caramel into the meringue until it is all well mixed.

CELESTE'S STRAWBERRY SIGHS OR SUSPIROS

Steps:

• Combine sugar, water, lemon peel and juice, and salt in a saucepan.
• Bring to a boil and cook without stirring until syrup reaches soft ball stage (234 degrees). Remove fro heat.
• Beating constantly, pour syrup in egg whites.
• Continue beating until meringue is cool and very thick.
• For each sighs, spoon a heaping tablespoons of meringue onto a buttered baking sheet.
• Top with a strawberry and spoon on just enough more meringue to completely cover and seal in the berry.
• Bake in hot oven 450 degrees for about 3 minutes or until golden.
• Remove to wire rack to cool.