Whisk together 4 egg yolks and 2/3 C sugar until pale yellow and thick / Slowly add 1 C milk, stirring gently to avoid buildup of foam / Stir
in salt and a strip of lemon peel / In a double boiler, with water boiling lightly, stir continuously with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula until the cream thickens enough to coat the spoon, about 8minutes / Foam disappears at moment of thickening / The stirring constantly is important — you don't want the eggs to have a chance to scramble / The result is a thickened, creamy custard / Place the pan in ice water in order to stop cooking immediately / Stir and allow to cool for a few minutes, then transfer to a bowl and refrigerate it all, including the lemon peel, for several hour
in salt and a strip of lemon peel /
In a double boiler, with water boiling lightly, stir continuously with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula until the cream thickens enough to coat the spoon, about 8minutes / Foam disappears at moment of thickening / The stirring constantly is important — you don't want the eggs to have a chance to scramble / The result is a thickened, creamy custard / Place the pan in ice water in order to stop cooking immediately / Stir and allow to cool for a few minutes, then transfer to a bowl and refrigerate it all, including the lemon peel, for several hour
In a double boiler, with water boiling lightly, stir continuously with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula until the cream thickens enough to coat the spoon, about 8minutes / Foam disappears at moment of thickening / The stirring constantly is important — you don't want the eggs to have a chance to scramble / The result is a thickened, creamy custard /
Place the pan
in ice water in order to stop cooking immediately / Stir and allow to cool for a few minutes, then transfer to a bowl and refrigerate it all, including the lemon peel, for several hour
in ice water
in order to stop cooking immediately / Stir and allow to cool for a few minutes, then transfer to a bowl and refrigerate it all, including the lemon peel, for several hour
in order to stop cooking
immediately / Stir and allow to cool for a few minutes, then transfer to a
bowl and refrigerate it all, including the lemon peel, for several hours.
Make caesar salad dressing: Combine 2 very finely minced cloves of garlic with 1 — 3 anchovies (to taste) / Mash garlic and anchovies together until they form a sort of paste and
place in a small
bowl / Add 3 T fresh squeezed lemon juice, 1 egg yolk (if you are not comfortable using raw egg, skip it), 1/2 t dijon mustard / Stir these ingredients together, and then, with whisk
in hand, slowly drizzle
in 1/2 — 2/3 C olive oil, whisking constantly until dressing begins to thicken and emulsify / Taste / Add another squeeze of lemon or more olive oil if needed / Refrigerate if not using
immediately.
Remove the
bowl from the mixer and sprinkle all of the flour and poppy seeds over the top of the whipped egg whites, and gently fold them
in with a large rubber spatula until the batter is well blended.Spoon the batter into the angel food cake mold (or into 6 small individual angel food cake molds - which comes
in 1 unit) and
place in the oven
immediately and bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until the cake is set and just starting to pull away from the sides of the mold.