This is a very original dessert consisting of a meringue roll filled with raspberry compote and cream cheese, topped with ground pistachios, eaten cold, like a healthy ice cream. The basic preparation can be varied to taste, substituting blueberries, strawberries, cherries or currants for raspberries. You can also use other nuts for the topping, such as walnuts, hazelnuts or almonds.
Another practical variant consists of replacing the pectin, which acts as a binder, with a homemade pectin made with apples , which we also share the recipe.
Meringue roll with berries and nuts
Ingredients for the meringue:
For the raspberry compote:
- 170 grams of raspberries
- 130 grams of raspberry puree
- 50 grams of sugar
- 7 grams of pectin
For the cream:
- 300 grams of cream cheese
- 150 milliliters of cream
- 100 grams of icing sugar
For coverage :
- 50 grams of pistachios
preparation:
- Start by preparing the raspberry compote, beating half the sugar with the pectin.
- Add the raspberries, raspberry puree, and the rest of the sugar.
- Cook, stirring constantly, until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes. Turn off the heat and let it cool.
- Prepare the cream cheese, beating all the ingredients together in a blender or food processor, until you get a smooth cream.
- Reserve and make the meringue separately . Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks, gradually adding the sugar.
- Spread the meringue in a thick layer on aluminum foil.
- Bake in a preheated 180 ℃ oven for about 20 minutes.
- Remove from the oven, pour the raspberry compote on top of the meringue and spread the cream cheese on top (reserve a little for last).
- Roll up the dessert with the aluminum foil and put it in the refrigerator for about 3 to 4 hours.
- Once it has cooled and hardened, remove it from the cold.
- Open the aluminum foil and spread the reserved cream on top of the roll.
- Top with the crushed pistachios.
Homemade pectin 
Ingredients:
- 4 apples
- Water
preparation:
- Cook the chopped apples, with their skin , in a saucepan with water, for about 1 hour.
- After that time, let them drain on their own on gauze , overnight.
- The resulting thick liquid is pectin , which can be used as a binder in this and other recipes.
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