**Meringue: A Culinary Delight of Sweetened Egg Whites**
Meringue, a culinary delight crafted from whipped egg whites and sugar, offers a symphony of flavors and textures that tantalizes the taste buds. This versatile ingredient finds its way into a diverse array of delectable treats, from crisp pavlovas and delicate macarons to ethereal floating islands and glossy frostings. Whether enjoyed as a standalone confection or as an elegant accompaniment to other desserts, meringue's airy lightness and subtle sweetness make it a beloved choice among pastry enthusiasts and dessert lovers alike.
This article presents a curated collection of meringue recipes that cater to every palate and occasion. From classic French meringues to innovative contemporary creations, these recipes provide a comprehensive guide to mastering this culinary art. Learn the secrets of creating perfect stiff, soft, and Italian meringues, essential components for a variety of desserts. Embark on a culinary journey as you explore recipes for luscious meringue pies, elegant roulades, and delightful meringues nests filled with creamy fillings. Discover the art of crafting showstopping meringue cookies, from chewy macarons to delicate meringues kisses, each bite a testament to the versatility of this magical ingredient.
Whether you are a seasoned baker or just starting your culinary adventure, this article will equip you with the knowledge and techniques to create stunning meringue-based desserts that will impress your friends and family. So, gather your ingredients, prepare your whisk, and let's embark on a delicious journey into the world of meringues!
AUTHENTIC FRENCH MERINGUES
Authentic French Meringues from a patisserie in France.
Provided by RANDYVH
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European French
Time 3h20m
Yield 36
Number Of Ingredients 2
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F (95 degrees C). Butter and flour a baking sheet.
- In a glass or metal bowl, whip egg whites until foamy using an electric mixer. Sprinkle in sugar a little at a time, while continuing to whip at medium speed. When the mixture becomes stiff and shiny like satin, stop mixing, and transfer the mixture to a large pastry bag. Pipe the meringue out onto the prepared baking sheet using a large round tip or star tip.
- Place the meringues in the oven and place a wooden spoon handle in the door to keep it from closing all the way. Bake for 3 hours, or until the meringues are dry, and can easily be removed from the pan. Allow cookies to cool completely before storing in an airtight container at room temperature.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 31 calories, Carbohydrate 7.5 g, Protein 0.4 g, Sodium 6.2 mg, Sugar 7.4 g
MERENGES
This is a Puerto Rican recipe. The meringues are as light as a cloud and not messy, you can make a lot of them, and they have a hint of lemon.
Provided by Missy
Categories Desserts Cookies Meringue Cookies
Yield 50
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a large clean glass or metal bowl, whip the egg whites with salt and cream of tartar until they can hold a soft peak. Gradually sprinkle in the sugar while continuing to whip to stiff peaks. Fold in the lemon zest. Drop by heaping spoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets.
- Bake for 35 minutes in the preheated oven, or until they peel off of the sheet without resistance. Cool on wire racks, then store in an airtight container at room temperature.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 22 calories, Carbohydrate 5.4 g, Protein 0.3 g, Sodium 4.4 mg, Sugar 5.3 g
LEMON MERINGUE CHEESECAKE
Love lemon meringue pie and cheesecake? Well this is the best of both worlds. Great any time of year and sure to impress your guests.
Provided by Michelle Berger
Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Lemon Dessert Recipes
Time 5h30m
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- Mix cookie crumbs and melted butter together in a bowl until evenly combined; press into the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan.
- Beat cream cheese, sour cream, and 1 cup sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix lemon juice, vanilla extract, and lemon zest into cream cheese mixture, scraping bottom and sides of the bowl. Spread mixture over cookie crust in the springform pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until almost set in the center, about 1 hour. Cool to room temperature and refrigerate until completely cooled, at least 3 to 4 hours.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Beat egg whites in a bowl using an electric mixer until soft peaks form; add 1/4 cup sugar and cream of tartar and beat until stiff, but not dry, peaks form.
- Spread lemon curd over cheesecake. Mound whipped egg whites over the curd, sealing around all the edges.
- Bake in the preheated oven until meringue is golden brown, about 10 minutes. Chill uncovered in refrigerator, about 1 hour.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 482.9 calories, Carbohydrate 51.6 g, Cholesterol 130.3 mg, Fat 28.5 g, Fiber 0.4 g, Protein 7.5 g, SaturatedFat 15.3 g, Sodium 305.3 mg, Sugar 32.6 g
MERINGUES
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Time 3h25m
Yield about 20 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment. Place the egg whites and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment (or use a hand mixer); beat on medium speed until frothy. Add the cream of tartar and increase the speed to medium high; beat in the sugar 1 tablespoon at a time, then add the extract or zest. Continue beating until the meringue is thick, glossy and holds stiff peaks, about 6 minutes.
- For colored cookies, swirl a few drops of food coloring into the meringue or use a small paintbrush to paint 3 long stripes of food coloring up the inside of a pastry bag. For chocolate chip versions, gently fold the mini chocolate chips into the mixture.
- Drop or pipe the meringue as desired, about 2 inches apart, on the prepared baking sheets. Sprinkle with sanding sugar, if desired. Bake 1 hour, then turn off the oven and let the meringues stand in the oven until dry, about 2 hours. Top with or dip in melted chocolate and sprinkle with nonpareils.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 32 calorie, Fat 0 grams, SaturatedFat 0 grams, Cholesterol 0 milligrams, Sodium 23 milligrams, Carbohydrate 8 grams, Protein 1 grams, Sugar 8 grams
GOOD MERINGUE
Egg whites beaten with cream of tartar, then sugar until those famous stiff peaks form...golly, that's good meringue! A nice, basic recipe.
Provided by sal
Categories Desserts Frostings and Icings
Time 15m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- In large bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar with electric mixer until foamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until mixture forms stiff peaks.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 78.8 calories, Carbohydrate 18.9 g, Protein 1.4 g, Sodium 20.8 mg, Sugar 18.8 g
MERINGUES
This easy Meringues recipe is an accompaniment for Vanilla Mousse Meringues and Fresh Berries.
Provided by Colin Cowie
Categories Mixer Egg Dessert Bake Easter Low Fat Vanilla Spring Fat Free Kidney Friendly Vegetarian Pescatarian Dairy Free Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Makes 20 meringues
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- 1. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees.
- 2. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or foil. On each, draw 10 4-inch circles.
- 3. Mix the sugars and set aside.
- 4. In a bowl or electric mixer, beat the egg whites until foamy. Add the cream of tartar and salt. Continue to beat, adding 1 tablespoon of sugar at a time and beating well after each addition. This will take about 10 minutes.
- 5. Add the vanilla and beat at high speed until stiff and glossy.
- 6. Using a pastry tube fitted with a large plain tip, pipe the meringue in coils starting at the center and continuing to the outside of each circle.
- 7. Bake about 1 hour, until cream colored and firm. Leave the meringues in the turned-off oven for several hours or overnight without opening the oven door.
- 8. When ready to serve, carefully peel away the paper or foil.
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
SIMPLE MERINGUE
This meringue is used for our Pavlova with Fresh Red Fruits. It will produce a meringue that is crisp on the outside and chewy on the inside.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes
Yield Makes 7 to 8 cups
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Combine egg whites, lemon juice, and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer. Whip, first on low speed, then slowly progressing to high speed, until soft peaks form, about 1 1/2 minutes.
- Slowly sprinkle the sugar a little at a time over the egg-white mixture, and whip until glossy peaks are formed, about 3 minutes.
- Sift the cornstarch over the meringue, and fold in. Use meringue immediately.
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
Tips:
- Use the freshest egg whites possible. Older egg whites will not whip up as well and may result in a meringue that is not as light and fluffy.
- Make sure the bowl and beaters you are using are completely clean and free of any grease. Any residue can prevent the egg whites from whipping up properly.
- Whip the egg whites gradually, starting on low speed and increasing the speed as the whites start to foam. This will help to prevent the whites from over-whipping and becoming grainy.
- Add the sugar slowly, one tablespoon at a time. This will help to prevent the meringue from becoming too stiff.
- Continue whipping the meringue until it reaches stiff peaks. This means that when you lift the beaters out of the bowl, the meringue should hold its shape and not fall back into the bowl.
- Use the meringue immediately or store it in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours. If you are storing the meringue, cover it tightly with plastic wrap to prevent it from drying out.
Conclusion:
Meringues are a delicious and versatile dessert that can be enjoyed on their own or used to top other desserts. With a little practice, you can easily make perfect meringues at home. Just remember to use fresh egg whites, clean equipment, and whip the meringue gradually. With these tips, you'll be able to create light, fluffy, and delicious meringues that will impress your friends and family.
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