NEVER-EVER-FAIL MERINGUE
Some people find it hard to make a good meringue like some people find it hard to make a good pastry shell. I am enclosing this recipe for the ones who need to make it without too many problems encountered.
Provided by Carol
Categories Desserts Pies Custard and Cream Pie Recipes Meringue Pie Recipes
Time 55m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Blend cornstarch and cold water in a saucepan. Add boiling water, and cook until thick and clear. Cool completely.
- Beat egg whites till foamy. Gradually beat in sugar, beating until stiff and glossy. Add salt and vanilla, and slowly beat in cold cornstarch mixture. Beat quickly for several minutes. Spread meringue on filled, cooled 9-inch pie.
- Bake pie at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 10 minutes until tips of meringue begin to brown.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 47.7 calories, Carbohydrate 10.4 g, Protein 1.4 g, Sodium 21.5 mg, Sugar 9.5 g
MERINGUE THAT WILL NOT BEAD OR CREATE WATERINESS
Posted in response to a request. This recipe is from "Come into the Kitchen" by Jackie Olden, page 321. Here is a quote from the recipe: "This meringue will not bead, or create wateriness between the meringue and the pie filling. In addition, the meringue will stand up for the second day, if the instructions are followed carefully."
Provided by foodtvfan
Categories Dessert
Time 25m
Yield 1 pie
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Place the egg whites, ice water and baking powder in a medium bowl and beat vigorously with wire whisk or electric mixer until egg whites are very stiff.
- Test with a fork; if the fork will stand up vertically in the whites, the mixture has been beaten sufficiently.
- Now fold in each Tablespoon of sugar gradually.
- When all the sugar has been added, whip the mixture again until stiff.
- When covering the pie with the meringue, make sure that the crust is covered and sealed at the pastry edges to prevent weeping.
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Bake pie for at least 5 but not over 7 minutes. Be careful to watch the baking time for the degree of brownness desired.
- Cool on wire rack, and refrigerate as usual.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 346.4, Fat 0.2, Sodium 528.3, Carbohydrate 77.4, Sugar 76.2, Protein 10.8
ULTIMATE MERINGUE
Perfect your whisking skills for these light baked meringues - a blank canvas for tasty flavour combinations.
Provided by Angela Nilsen
Categories Afternoon tea, Dessert, Dinner, Lunch, Treat
Time 2h15m
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Heat the oven to 110C/ 100C fan/gas ¼.
- Line 2 baking sheets with non-stick liner or parchment paper (meringue can stick on greaseproof paper and foil).
- Tip 4 large egg whites into a large clean mixing bowl (not plastic). Beat them on medium speed with an electric hand whisk until the mixture resembles a fluffy cloud and stands up in stiff peaks when the blades are lifted.
- Now turn the speed up and start to add 115g caster sugar, a dessertspoonful at a time. Continue beating for 3-4 seconds between each addition. It's important to add the sugar slowly at this stage as it helps prevent the meringue from weeping later. However, don't over-beat. When ready, the mixture should be thick and glossy.
- Sift one third of the 115g icing sugar over the mixture, then gently fold it in with a big metal spoon or rubber spatula. Continue to sift and fold in the remaining icing sugar a third at a time. Again, don't over-mix. The mixture should now look smooth and billowy.
- Scoop up a heaped dessertspoonful of the mixture. Using another dessertspoon, ease it on to the baking sheet to make an oval shape. Or just drop them in rough rounds, if you prefer.
- Bake for 1 ½-1 ¾ hours in a fan oven, 1 ¼ hours in a conventional or gas oven, until the meringues sound crisp when tapped underneath and are a pale coffee colour.
- Leave to cool on the trays or a cooling rack. (The meringues will now keep in an airtight tin for up to 2 weeks, or frozen for a month.) Serve two meringues sandwiched together with a generous dollop of softly whipped double cream.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 210 calories, Fat 9.6 grams fat, SaturatedFat 6 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 31 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 30 grams sugar, Protein 2.1 grams protein, Sodium 0.12 milligram of sodium
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