The Ladyfinger biscuit is used in many pastries and cakes
About this recipe
This is my favorite Ladyfinger recipe : always been happy with its result
A simple recipe, and old ! Was invented many centuries ago, and the recipe is still unchanged and used nowadays
Used for cakes, or for individual little cakes
1. Separate the Eggs (3) and place in the mixing bowl, then wait 30 minutes for them to warm up
2. Add in the Cream of Tartar (½ teaspoon or 1 g)
Beating the whites
3. Whisk the Egg Whites to soft peak for 5 minutes on Medium Speed
KitchenAid 7-Quart Stand Mixer
Hamilton Beach Stand Mixer
4. The Medium Speed is important. One mistake you want to avoid is to beat the whites on Maximum Speed from the start
5. After 5 minutes, add half of the Sugar (4 Tablespoons or 50 g)
6. After 5 minutes, add the remaining of the Sugar (4 Tablespoons or 50 g)
7. Beat a few minutes until whites are fully whipped and firm
8. You may also add Meringue Powder and beat for a few minutes
9. Add in and whip the 3 Egg Yolks
10. Sift the Flour (⅔ Cup or 100 g) and Baking Powder (1 teaspoon or 3 g) together over the mixing bowl containing the egg whites
11. Gently fold the mixture with a hand whisk
12. Incorporate a first half with a whisk, but do to whisk ! Use it to fold simply and gently
13. This is the final texture. You may see a few lumps, which is fine.
14. Add a second half, and gently fold the mixture with a rubber spatula
DeBuyer Whisk
Le Creuset Silicone Spatula
15. Fill a Pastry Bag with the mixture
16. The pastry tip size depends on what you are trying to do
Push and squeeze the Pastry Bag inside the tip firmly to avoid the batter to go out the Pastry Bag while you are transferring your batter
17. The Pastry Bag is the best tool to line up the dough before baking. However in some cases, you may pour the dough and use a long spatula to spread it, simply
Matfer Bourgeat Pastry Bags
Disposable Pastry Bags
For Circles
18. You may want to pipe out in circles, on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicon mat
For Sponge cake
Measuring Dough Strips
Dough Spreader Raplette
Perforated Baking Pan
Silicone Baking Mat
Perforated Baking Mat
"Glued" Lady fingers for a cake
19. You may want to pipe out ladyfingers as well
20. Leave some space between the ladyfingers
Parchment Paper Roll
Reynolds Parchment Paper, 30 Sheets
Individual Lady fingers
21. For individual lady fingers, I use a special mold called "silform"
22. To get a crunchy texture, pastry chefs recommend to sprinkle Icing Sugar before baking
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Before baking
23. You want to sprinkle icing sugar, 3 times
Baking
24. 
Bake in preheated oven at 380 °F / 190 °C, for 10/15 minutes
25. I leave the oven door slightly open to lower the humidity in the oven
Removing the silicon mat
26. Do not peel the parchment paper (or silicon mat), you could tear your cake : place another baking mat
27. Flip over
28. Peel the baking mat
That's it!!
Excellent description
Are these supposed to be crunchy like the original pavesini? They are not coming out crunchy. Thank you
Not really. REAL ladyfingers are a bit crunchy on top (thanks to the powdered sugar) and soft inside.
Ladyfingers we buy in supermarkets are dried out (for longer preservation).
So if you want to dry them, just let them rest at room temperature, or at low temperature in the oven (220 °F / 100 °C)
Excellent my friend