The Paciencias are a sweet from Soriano halfway between a candy and a cookie. The ones in the town of Almazán are very famous, and it is impossible to leave there without having tried them. Its name tells us how we have to taste them: that is, you have to be patient. Because? Well, because we can’t eat them quickly, we have to keep them in our mouths for a few moments, because at first they are very hard. They are then moistened with saliva and they start to melt in the mouth like a candy Do you dare to try them?
The recipe to prepare patience is very simple because basically this sweet is made with a meringue with flour. Then we have to shape it into small cookies and bake them over high heat. The size is important, that they are not too big to be able to enjoy them in a single bite. With the amounts of the recipe, about 40 units come out. Yes, they seem like a lot, but there is no need to worry as they can be kept perfectly for several days and even weeks in a tightly closed hermetic container.
recipe information
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- Preparation time: 25 minutes
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- Cooking time: 10 minutes
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- total time: 35 minutes
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- rations: 10 (40 units)
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- Category: cake shop
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- type of cuisine: Castilian
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- calories: 279 kcal per 100 g
Ingredients for patiences for 10 people
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- 100g of flour
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- 2 egg whites
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- 75g sugar
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- Zest of 1 lemon
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- 1 pinch of salt
how to make patience
We start by putting the egg whites in a large bowl. Add a pinch of salt and beat the egg whites until almost stiff. This step can be done by hand or with electric rods.
When the whites are firm, add the sugar and continue beating.
We will have the whites ready when they acquire a meringue with a shiny and smooth texture, but it is not necessary to exceed it so that it does not harden.
Add the lemon zest. Sift the flour over the egg whites and integrate it with enveloping movements, helping us with a silicone spatula. Do this step 3 times.
Transfer the dough to a pastry bag fitted with a round nozzle of medium diameter.
Line a baking tray with baking paper or a silicone mat. We make small cookies 1 cm in diameter more or less.
Preheat the oven to 200ºC. When it is hot, we bake the batch of patiences for about 10 minutes or until we see that the edges begin to brown.
We repeat the operation with the rest of the dough. If we had two oven trays we could bake them at the same time. Once cool, store in a closed airtight container.
Easy preparation summary
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- Whip the whites with a pinch of salt
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- Incorporate the sugar
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- Beat just enough to obtain a smooth and shiny meringue
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- Add lemon zest. Add the sifted flour 3 times with enveloping movements
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- Transfer the dough to a piping bag fitted with a medium round nozzle.
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- Line a baking tray with paper or a silicone mat. Divide the dough into small circles 1 cm in diameter.
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- Bake in a preheated oven at 200 ºC for about 10 minutes, until the edges are golden.
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- Repeat until the dough is finished. It can be done at the same time if you have two trays
