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Italian buttercream

By Marcelle van Rooyen

Serves ± 500 g buttercream

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cooking Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

150 g Woolworths light brown sugar
¼ cup water
3 large free-range egg whites
¼ t cream of tartar
250 g salted butter, at room temperature
1 t vanilla extract

Method

1. Gently heat the sugar and water in a saucepan, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Increase the heat and boil until the temperature reaches 118°C on a sugar thermometer.
2. While the sugar boils, beat the egg whites and cream of tartar using a stand mixer until soft peaks form.
3. Once the sugar reaches temperature, stream it into the whites while beating. Pour the sugar mixture down the inside of the mixing bowl, rather than onto the moving whisk.
4. Beat continuously until the mixture cools – the mixing bowl should be cool to the touch.
5. Add the butter 1 T at a time, followed by the vanilla, while beating until the mixture is thick and glossy.

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Photography: Shavan Rahim

Recipes and production: Marcelle van Rooyen

Food assistant: Bianca Jones

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