LADY FINGERS

Serves 6

4 ounces sugar
5 egg yolks
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
5 egg whites
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
3 ounces fine sugar
1/2 cup flour

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Beat the sugar with the egg yolks until smooth. Add the vanilla. Beat until light and creamy.
Beat the egg whites. Gradually add the sugar until egg whites are stiff. Fold into egg yolks mixture, alternating egg whites and flour.
Put mixture in pastry bag fitted with a medium plain tube.
Pipe mixture onto a greased and floured baking sheet forming 3-inch fingers.
Bake 8-10 minutes Cool on rack.

Rothschilds:
Follow the lady fingers recipe.
Just before baking, sprinkle lady fingers with ground almonds. Bake as described above.
When cool, dip and coat the top of lady fingers in tempered sweet chocolate.