2006-10-30 08:38:33 · 11 answers · asked by Andrea 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
3 large egg whites
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/8 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup white sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Line cookie sheet with brown paper bag or parchment. In a medium sized bowl at high speed, beat egg whites, cream of tartar and salt till fluffy. Gradually beat in sugar. Add vanilla. Place in pastry bag fitted with a medium plain piping tip. Pipe shapes onto parchment or brown paper bag. Bake 1 hour until set.
Now this is the important bit....
When they have been baking for an hour, switch the oven off but leave the meringues in the oven to cool, I leave mine overnight, by the next day they are all chewy and a bit beige.
good luck = )
2006-10-30 08:43:28 · answer #1 · answered by Fairy Nuff 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
OK this is your Base, add what you like from Raspberry's to Almonds to Figs, and make enough for everybody!
Basic Meringues
Ingredients
5 egg whites
1 c extra fine sugar
Instructions
Beat the egg whites in a large mixing bowl with electric mixer at high speed for 5 minutes or until stiff, but not dry. Sprinkle 1/4 cup sugar over the whites and beat for 3 minutes longer. Sprinkle the remaining sugar 1 tablespoon at a time, over the white mixture and fold in gently but thoroughly using a rubber spatula. Drop by heaping table spoonfuls, 2 inches apart, onto oiled brown paper over cookie sheets. Bake in preheated 250-degree oven for 55 minutes. Take from oven and immediately remove from paper onto cooling rack
VARIATIONS:
CHOCOLATE MERINGUES: Combine 1 1/2 tablespoons cocoa with the sugar and beat into egg whites as directed Bake for 1 hour. CHOCOLATE CHIP
MERINGUES: Fold in 1/2 cup chocolate chips into Basic Meringue just before dropping onto prepared cookie sheets.
2006-10-30 08:47:14 · answer #2 · answered by Steve G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marry a Kiwi
Be happy
Enjoy excellent meringue for the rest of your life
2006-10-30 10:44:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the normal way. Egg whites, caster sugar, whipped up to peak stage. Fold in a teaspoon of cream of tartar then cook on a very cool oven gas 2. for about 2 hours.MMMMmmmm lovely and Gooey centre.
2006-10-30 08:47:44 · answer #4 · answered by Jeanette 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, my mum makes PERFECT ones, and she gets two of them and puts whipped cream in the middle and gives them to me and i eat them and i really like them and i'm getting all excited now and i've gotta go lie down and eat a nice cool meringue to calm down....
2006-10-30 08:48:06 · answer #5 · answered by bex 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Add a tablespoon full of cider vinegar to ingredients
2006-10-30 11:46:11 · answer #6 · answered by Ley 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
youhave to cook them in a very very low oven for a long time, overnight if y ou can prop the oven door open
2006-10-30 08:41:05 · answer #7 · answered by redsticks34 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
egg whites and powdered sugar,beat untill stiff,put on pie and bake in oven til brown.
2006-10-30 08:46:40 · answer #8 · answered by granny 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bake it on a high heat for a shorter time
2006-10-30 08:41:48 · answer #9 · answered by vivi-mac 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
look for a recipe that includes vinegar - my mum uses that and it works a treat! - i am not a natural cook
2006-10-30 08:45:41 · answer #10 · answered by mousie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋