The "Unrivaled" Dessert ( Sans Rival )

Ingredients:

Wafers                                    Filling

1 cup Egg whites                     3/4 cup Sugar
1 cup Sugar                            1/4 cup Water
1 cup Cashew nuts                  1 tbsp Corn Syrup
    (finely chopped)                   4 Egg yolks
                                                1-1/2 cup Butter
                                                1 tbsp Rum
                                                 1/2 cup Cashew nuts
                                                   ( chopped coarsely)


Preparation:

 Prepare 4(8"x12") inverted cookie sheets line with wax paper.

Procedure:

1. Beat egg whites until firm. Add sugar gradually while beating until very firm.
Fold in nuts and spread mixture thinly on prepared cookie sheets. Bake at 300 degrees F
for 25 minutes or until nicely brown.
2. While still warm, peel off wafers from cookie sheets. Cut each into 2 equal parts and let it cool.
3. Boil sugar, water, syrup to a medium caramel. Meanwhile, beat egg yolks until thick and pour
in syrup in thin stream continuously stirring mixture. Set aside and cool.
4. Blend well butter with egg yolk-syrup mixture. Mix in rum.
5. Spread a thin layer of filling on top of wafer and sprinkle with chopped nuts.
Put another wafer on top and spread another thin layer of filling; and so on up to the last wafer.
Chill and keep refrigerated until ready to serve.


Enjoy this easy recipe. :)