Zefir is a Russian dessert, very similar to marshmallow, but less gummy, more airy and contain apple pure.

INGREDIENTS:

For apple pure you will need:

3 apples
½ cup sugar

Core apples, cut in half and place on the baking dish cut side down to bake at 350°F( 180°C) for about 30 minutes or until completely soft.
Mash them through the sieve to make smooth pure.
In a small sauce pan. add apple pure and sugar and cook until sugar dissolves and your pure becomes darker in color and thicker consistency.
remove from the stove and put on ice to cool completely, or you can make it ahead of time and keep it in the refrigerator until you are ready to make zefir.

You also will need:

1 egg white

For syrup:

170g(3/4 cup) sugar
100g(1/2 cup)water
80g(1/3 cup)corn syrup
8g(2 tsp) Agar-Agar powder


These two steps have to be done at the same time:

1) In a small sauce pan add sugar.agar-agar,water and corn syrup, mix and bring to soft boil. Place candy thermometer.
Boil you syrup for 5 min or until temperature reaches 230°F(100°C) on your thermometer or you can check the right consistency by submerging your mixing utensil in syrup and lifting it. If your syrup does not run and hangs like an icicle, IT'S READY!

2) At the same time, place your cooled apple pure in a stand-up mixer, add egg white and start mixing with petal attachment on medium to high speed until your mixture becomes white and doubles in size. which will take 5 min.

Add syrup to your zefir mixture slowly and start whipping it on high speed until stiff peaks.

At this point you can choose to add flavoring or simply vanilla extract, or food coloring, if you want colored zefir.

Stop mixer when stiff peak stage reached, scrape the bowl and transfer zefir mixture into a large piping bag wit star tip or any large piping tip that will make you a pretty design.

Start piping medium size zifir halves onto a silicone mat or a parchment paper.

Let air dry for at least 5 to 6 hours.

Choose similar halves and glue them together.

To prevent Zefir sticking to your fingers you need to either brush it or dust it with icing sugar.

Enjoy!

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