Meringues
When I first thought of making meringues I was a little worried about the amount of work they required... little did I know! Meringues are extremely simple to make, have only three ingredients, and don't take very long, if you don't include the oven time.
This recipe came from Jane Asher's Beautiful Baking. Your'e going to need a mixer for this, or, if you're like me, a hand mixer.
Makes 7-8 large ones or 10-12 small ones.
You will need:
Egg whites from 2 eggs
Less than ½ cup white sugar
1 tsp. white wine vinegar
Preheat the oven to 125 C (230 F), and line a baking tray with a baking sheet.
Whip the egg whites until they're very stiff. A little tip my mom taught me: If you can flip the bowl over without the eggs falling out, you’re good to go!
Add the sugar and white wine vinegar and whisk again. This time around, the whip won’t be a solid as before. And don’t worry about that awful smell. The vinegar will evaporate while cooking, and you won’t be able to taste or smell it once the meringues are done.
Put generous spoonfuls onto the baking sheet, or pipe it through a nozzle (right after I made these I found one at the local supermarket).
Bake for 2.5-3 hours, depending on how chewy you like them. The less time in the oven, the less chewy they'll be.
Remove from the oven and cool on a rack.
These will last a long time before going bad. Mine were still good after two weeks! Is that gross, or cool? I cant decide :)
Anyway, enjoy them, and watch out for those crumbs...
2 comments:
Very nice! I love meringues
wow. i am in LOVE with ur blog! your making such beautiful goodies! and Shalva is incredibly adorable!
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