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Viennese Foam Flour Dish

4 servings

Ingredients

• 4 pcs egg yolks
• 100 g sugar
• lemon zest (grated, from 1 lemon) (a little)
• 50 g flour
• 4 pcs egg whites (beaten)
• shortcrust pastry (for the rim) (as needed)
• raspberry or redcurrant sauce (for serving) (as needed)

Instructions

1. Beat the egg yolks with sugar for one hour, then add the grated lemon zest, sprinkle a little flour over it, and after everything is whipped until frothy, fold in the beaten egg whites.
2. Place a shortcrust pastry rim on a flat dish, fill with the mixture, and bake in the oven for 30 to 40 minutes.
3. Serve with raspberry or redcurrant sauce.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.