Meringue Roulade with Anise Cream

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons regular granulated sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons anise seeds
• ¹/₈ teaspoon salt
• Vegetable oil
• 5 large egg whites
• baked figs in lemon syrup
• 1 electric coffee/spice grinder
• + 3 more ingredients
• • parchment paper
  • 1 ½ cups heavy cream
  • 1 ¼ cups superfine granulated sugar

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly brush a 15- by 10-inch shallow baking pan (1/2 inch to 1 inch deep) with vegetable oil and line bottom and sides of pan with parchment paper, then lightly oil parchment. Beat whites with salt in a bowl with an electric mixer at m...

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