Meringue at home
Description
The recipe won't take much time. Homemade meringue is a delicate, airy treat made with just two ingredients: egg whites and sugar. When properly whipped and dried in the oven, you get sweets that are crispy on the outside and slightly chewy on the inside. They can be served as a standalone dessert, used to decorate cakes, or included in other desserts. Serve chilled.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare all ingredients according to the listed list.
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Step 2
Very carefully separate the egg whites into a separate dry and clean bowl. We won't need the chicken yolks in this recipe.
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Step 3
Place the egg whites in a convenient bowl for beating and beat them with a mixer until foam appears.
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Step 4
Then, without turning off the mixer, start adding the sugar in a thin stream.
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Step 5
Beat these ingredients with a mixer until stiff peaks form, meaning the egg white mixture should remain in place when the bowl is inverted, and the mixture should be firm and slightly glossy.
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Step 6
Fill a pastry bag fitted with your favorite tip with the protein mixture.
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Step 7
Line the baking sheet with parchment paper and pipe small portions of the meringue mixture, placing them a short distance apart from each other.
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Step 8
Place the baking sheet with meringues into the oven preheated to 80 degrees. I dried my meringues in the oven for 2 hours, but the time may vary depending on your oven and the size of the meringues. Therefore, after one hour of drying, open the oven and check for doneness yourself—meringues should remain snow-white, hold their shape well, not be sticky, and easily peel off the parchment paper.
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Step 9
The meringues are ready.
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Step 10
Can be served.