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Jamaica Slices

4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 Stk Egg
• 50 g Sugar
• 0.5 Päckchen Vanilla sugar
• 2 EL Potato starch
• 0.12 L Milk
• 200 g butter
• 150 g Powdered sugar
• Rum (nach Bedarf)
• 150 g Fruit (fresh, preserved or candied)
• sponge fingers (nach Bedarf)
• whipped cream (nach Bedarf)
• Candied fruit (for decoration) (nach Bedarf)

Instructions

1. For the vanilla cream, heat one egg, 50 g sugar, half a packet of vanilla sugar, two tablespoons potato starch and 0.125 L milk in a bain-marie while constantly whisking until just before boiling, then chill.
2. Whisk 200 g butter with 150 g powdered sugar and two tablespoons rum until fluffy.
3. Fold in the cooled vanilla cream and 150 g finely diced fruits (fresh, preserved or candied).
4. Layer alternately rum-soaked ladyfingers and Jamaica cream into a rectangular mold.
5. Cover the top ladyfinger layer with parchment paper and weigh it down.
6. After completely cooling, turn out, garnish generously with whipped cream and cut into portions.
7. Decorate with candied fruits.

Based on a cookbook by Hans Hofer (1964), adapted with AI.