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Questions Doubts and Requests => Recipe Requests => Topic started by: Morte on April 29, 2011, 07:53:27 am
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Not for pie, not as a pav, just a recipe for little eating meringues :)
Anyone have a recipe that works?
Thanks.
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the hard little ones like the photo?? they are quite popular here but im not a fan. Just found this thx recipe for easy ones that they say are fool proof so here it is..
Foolproof Meringues
Ingredients:
Same weight of
egg whites (eg:150 gr of white)
caster sugar (150 gr)
icing sugar (150 gr)
Préparation:
Put the butterfly in the bowl et the egg whites and half the caster sugar and mix on speed 3 for 5 minutes.
When they are firm (egg white mixutre ie stiffcan form peaks), add the rest of the caster sugar and mix for another 2 to 3 minutes on speed 3.
Next add very delicately like by sprinkling the icing sugar while the butterly is turning at speed 2 (so through the whole). At this moment you can add a fewx drops of coloring if you wish.
The meringue has to be solid or firm and shiny....
Put the mixture in a piping bag or similar and create the shape desired, usually like a swirly dollop...cook in an oven with the door slightly ajar (to release the humidity and have crunchy meringues) for around 2 - 2h30 at 90 degrees celcius
i translated this recipe from a this (http://www.forums.supertoinette.com/recettes.php?p=3400599#3400599) website..posted by someone called sorbetcitron
probably should have just posted teh recipe seperately with a link so sorry but im forgetting so much these days and proof as im answering posts and pereusing the forum lol i get a call fromthe vet to say i forgot the appointment this morning lol...in my own world ..bad bad very bad lol
oh and morte hope this helps :)
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there was another user on the same site who posted the same recipe seems the recipe comes from a blog somewhere and nobody linked the original source however this other user added the following notes..
with regards to cooking in a fan oven?? sorry dont know the correct name in english ah fan forced maybe?? 11 years of french is deleting my english vocabulary lol..ok she said in a fan forced oven to close the door as she didnt like the meringues totally dry so cooked them as follows:
- 5 min at 140°
- 50 min at 100°
andher comment is that she has success every time.
voila :)
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Here's (http://www.recipecommunity.com.au/node/10500) a chocolate version of small meringues from Recipe Community. It's from the 2010 calendar.
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Frozzie I followed this recipe yesterday - I have had egg whites in the freezer for ages (still have some too) but wasn't brave enough to try meringue (also I don't like them myself so the incentive wasn't high...). I came across this post as I was searching for an ice cream recipe, which left me with two more egg whites, so I decided to give it a try. I think that I needed to mix for longer as my mixture didn't quite hold it's shape once it was piped like your photo showed, but the kids like them anyway. I also forgot to add colouring so they are a bit of a dull white (I milled my own raw sugar so didn't even have the pristine whiteness).
As I say, the kids were happy. Maybe I will try them again for DS6's 7th birthday party... This year he wants a "Plants vs Zombies" party - whatever that means....
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always make sure the egg whites are at room temperature first, and that your TM bowl is very clean.
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That will be the issue. They had only just defrosted - in fact I fished out a frozen chunk as there was a little bit too much. I will be more prepared next time and have then well thawed and 'acclimatised'.
Thanks.
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It's a good idea to do it at 37 degrees too.
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What an excellent thought! Will add that to the process next time too.
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sorry to hear it didnt work out kerryn...with those tips though you should be fine...!
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Frozzie don't be sorry! They were still edible - the kids love them. They just didn't quite hold their shape. I had tried a few different shapes when I piped them and my guests described them as 'nipples' and dog poo - they did look remarkably like those fake dog poos you can get in the joke stores or showbags... I won't tell you what they thought the butterfly looked like...