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How to Make Basic Meringue

How to Make Basic Meringue

Summary

Servings 12
Time Needed Prep
Cook
Ingredients 3
Difficulty Easy

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5.0 based on 3 ratings.

Ingredients

  • 6 Egg Whites
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1.5 cups Caster Sugar

Nutrition Information

Qty per
123g serve
Qty per
100g
Energy 65.055kcalcal 53.015199578464kcalcal
Protein 13.245gg 10.793733278253gg
Fat (total) 0.205gg 0.16706042446522gg
 - saturated 0gg 0gg
Carbohydrate 1.385gg 1.1286765262651gg
 - sugars 1.365gg 1.1123779482684gg
Dietary Fibre 0.125gg 0.1018661124788gg
Sodium 201.69mgmg 164.36300980679mgmg

Nutritional information does not include the following ingredients: Vanilla extract

Please Note - Nutritional information is provided as a guide only and may not be accurate.

The basis of every good pavlova, macaroon and selected cakes and pie, the Meringue can be tricky but well worth the effort!

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 125 degrees.

  2. Whip egg whites and vanilla extract on a high speed in your electric mixer in a perfectly clean, ideally metal bowl until soft peaks form.

  3. Slowly add caster sugar as you whip.

  4. Spoon onto a tray lined with baking paper and bake in a preheated oven for 2 hours for a whole large meringue/pavlova or 1 hour for baby cute ones.

  5. Once baked, turn off oven and allow to cool completely in oven with door ajar. Opening the door can cause the meringue to crack and deflate, making a chewy mess instead of a light, fluffy cloud!

  6. Meringue are not suitable to freeze.

  7. Top with cream and berries for a gorgeous pav.

  8. Add a small amount of food colouring for small coloured meringue kisses

  9. Pipe basket shapes onto the baking tray and fill with berries, cream, custard or warm fruit

  10. Use as a topping for tarts and pies

  11. Dip in chocolate and roll in coconut

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