Balanced Chico recipe or Manezinho Araújo and his secrets

The so famous balanced Chico or Manezinho Araújo has the deserved fame. It’s a surprising and delicious dessert! In the south of the country they know it as Chico Balanced and, in other regions, such as Manezinho Araújo. At first glance, you will have the impression of being an unbearably sweet dessert. This is where, who does not risk doing it, is losing and, much. Always check the mother’s tips in the recipes.

Caramel ingredients

• 1 cup of sugar
• 1/3 cup of water

Cream ingredients

• 750 ml of milk
• 1 can of condensed milk
• 4 tablespoons of cornstarch (cornstarch)
• 3 EXCHANGE
• Essence to taste

Banana Sweet Ingredients

• 6 silver bananas cut into slices
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 teaspoon of cinnamon powder

Meringue Ingredients

• 3 clear
• 6 tablespoons of sugar
• 1 spoon (coffee) of vinegar
• 1 tablespoon (coffee) of lemon zest

Cream Preparation Mode

1. In a pan, put milk, condensed milk, cornstarch, essence and sieved yolks.
2. Bring to low heat, stirring constantly, until thickened.
3. Remove from heat and place the pan over a grid so that the cream will cool.
4. Stir from time to time so that it does not create film or cover with plastic wrap.

Caramel preparation way

1. Put the sugar in a pan and bring to high heat without moving with a spoon.
2. From time to time “shakes” the pan to mix the melted sugar with what has not yet melted.
3. Do this a few times until you get a caramel. Take care not to burn.
4. Carefully add the water and let the caramel form again.
5. Being ready, remove from heat and spread the caramel throughout the refractory.

BANANA SWEET PREPARATION METHOD

1. Put all ingredients in a pan and bring to high heat.
2. Stir only once in a while until brown a little. It takes no more than 5 minutes.

Meringue Preparation

1. In the mixer, at full speed, beat the egg whites.
2. Then always beating, add the lemon zest, sugar and vinegar.
3. Beat well until you can no longer notice the sugar granules.

Balanced Chico Assembly or Manezinho Araújo

1. Preheat the oven to 200 ° C.
2. The refractory will already have the caramel.
3. Spread the banana candy over the caramel.
4. Spread the cream over the candy.
5. About the cream, spread the meringue
6. Bake for about 15 minutes or until golden brown.

Mother Tips

Why the silver banana? With this kind of banana, the fruit does not crumble when making the candy. After all, what you want is also to show the fruit.
The butter gives a special flavor to the candy.

When you sift your egg yolks, you do not scrape the sieve neither underneath nor over.
When making the caramel the point is the same for caramelizing pudding form.

When making the cream, after thickening expects the cream to boil for a few minutes for the total cooking of cornstarch.
The vinegar makes the meringue softer.

When making the meringue, test between the thumb and indicator if there are no sugar granules in the meringue. If you feel sugar granules between your fingers, the meringue is not at the point. Beat a little more and test again.

To decorate with the meringue, you can use pastry bag with nozzle or make nozzles with the aid of a spoon. Touch the “back” of the spoon on the meringue and pull up in spaced and repetitive movements.

The real balanced Chico or Manezinho Araújo is made with bananas. If you do with apple, for example, you will no longer have the same name.