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The lucuma sigh is a variation of suspiro a la limeña, or Lima-style sigh. The preparation is also similar, but the main change is -obviously- the use of lucuma. Remember the lucuma? we talked about it when we saw the lucuma bavarois recipe: as we said, maybe it’s hard for you to find fresh lucuma, but you can use the dehydrated fruit too. Don’t forget the equivalence:

1 kg of fresh lucuma = 4 tablespoons of dehydrated lucuma

You have to rehydrate the lucuma flour with the same quantity of cold water for 2 or 3 hours, to get a puree.

If you liked the Lima-style sigh, you’ll love this too. This recipe is for 6 to 8 people.

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 cups of condensed milk
• 8 yolks
• 2 egg whites
• 4 tablespoons of sugar
• 2 medium lucumas, peeled and blended (or the equivalente in dehydrated lucuma)
• 1/2 cup of port wine
• 1 1/2 cups of sugar (for the syrup)
• Powdered cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla

Preparation:

If you’re using dehydrated lucuma, prepare it according to the equivalence.

Beat the yolks until they get creamy and have a clear yellow. Keep back.

Pour the condensed millk with the sugar in a medium pot and cook, stiring constantly until it gets thick. Add the lucuma and continue stiring until you can see the pot’s bottom. Remove from the flame and add the beaten yolks, stiring fastly. Return to cook on a low flame for 5 minutes more and add the vanilla. This mix must not boil.

Pour in a glass.

Let’s do the syrup: Put the sugar for the syrup and the port wine in a pot. Boil.

Beat the whites to form peaks. While you’re beating, pour the syrup to the whites. Beat until the meringue gets tupid.

Using a spoon and a fork, put the meringue covering the lucuma cream. Sprinkle the powdered cinnamon over the meringue.

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