Yesterday was my birthday and my best friend came up trumps by sending me some Hotel Chocolat marbles, which I seemed to have for breakfast, lunch and dinner with a cup of tea! For birthday pudding I made the meringues and turned them into a kind of Eton Mess. This was the first time I had made meringues and I was really pleased as to how they turned out. They were crispy on the outside and slightly chewy in the inside. I also used the vanilla sugar I made at xmas, and this gave them a nice hint of vanilla. No photo's as I *cough* got bored waiting for the meringues to cook and cracked open a bottle of fizz.
Meringues
makes about 12 medium sized meringues
2 egg whites
100g caster sugar
1) Preheat oven to 100oc. Whisk egg whites in a dry clean bowl until you get soft peaks.
2) Whisk in half the sugar. It will thicken to the consistancy for shaving cream.
3) Fold in remaining sugar, ideally with a large metal spoon. Blob onto baking parchment. Bake for 1.5 - 2 hours until they are beginning to brown the surface is beginning to crack.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Meringues
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Happy birthday for yesterday Jules :) Hope you had a good day. Do you have any top tips for meringues? I'm useless at them but it's definitely something I'd like to master.
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I read somewhere that to get the best meringues use egg whites that are a few days old. I used old ones and they certainly worked. Also the idea of using a metal rather than wooden spoon to fold in the sugar in is that the metal spoon won't flattern the whipped egg whites as much.
ReplyDeleteMy mum used to "cook" them in the airing cupboard for 24 hours, but I'm not that brave!