Recipes

Silvanas

1 hr 15 mins
5-6 servings
Challenging

Silvanas

Recreate this classic Filipino dessert! This Silvanas recipe makes mouth-watering frozen cookies made with cream, toasted, cashews, and crushed graham crackers.

Ingredients:

Meringue:

½ cup

egg white (4 pcs of egg)

1 tsp

cream of tartar

¾ cup

sugar

¼ cup

ground toasted cashew

¼ cup

all purpose flour

Filling:

½ cup

butter, softened

1 pack

125ml NESTLÉ® All Purpose Cream, chilled

2 cups

powdered sugar

Coating:

1 cup

ground toasted cashew

¼ cup

ground graham cracker

Procedure:

Combine egg white and cream of tartar in a mixing bowl. Whisk until fluffy. Gradually add sugar while whisking until stiff peaks.
Mix ground cashew and flour. Gradually fold in the egg white mixture until combined. Transfer into a piping bag and pipe 3-inch round disks on a sheet tray lined with buttered and floured parchment paper.
Bake in a preheated 320°F oven for 30 – 40 minutes or until dry and crunchy. Set aside to cool completely.
For the filling, whip butter for 2 minutes. Add powdered sugar and NESTLÉ® All Purpose Cream and whip until light. Set aside.
Mix ground cashew and graham cracker to make coating.
Spread filling in between 2 meringue cookies. Cover the outside with the same filling and coat with cashew and graham cracker mixture. Freeze until serving.