Ordinary Meringue Recipe
Ingredients
| Egg whites | 4 | |
| Salt | 1 Pinch | |
| Lime juice -1 tsp OR Tartar (tartaric acid) - 1/2 tsp cream of | ||
| Castor sugar - 225 gms + extra for sprinkling | ||
Directions
GETTING READY
1.Preheat the oven.
2.Prepare the baking tray.
MAKING
3.Take a large copper bowl, rinse it with water and whisk egg whites in it until light.
4.Stir in salt and lime juice or tartar and keep whisking until light.
5.Add a sprinkling of 1 heaped tablespoon of castor sugar and continue whisking for 30 more seconds until creamy.
6.Make a well in the center and fold half the quantity of sugar using a metal spoon.
7.Add the remaining sugar and stir well.
8.Take a piping bag with large plain or rosette nozzle and fill the meringue mixture in it.
9.Pipe the mixture in cone shape on a baking tray at distance of 2 inches.
10.Add a sprinkling of extra castor sugar and bake for 45 minutes- 60 minutes.
11.Bake until firm and crispy.
12.Using a wet palette knife, remove from the tray and allow to cool on wire rack.
SERVING
13.Serve as desired.
1.Preheat the oven.
2.Prepare the baking tray.
MAKING
3.Take a large copper bowl, rinse it with water and whisk egg whites in it until light.
4.Stir in salt and lime juice or tartar and keep whisking until light.
5.Add a sprinkling of 1 heaped tablespoon of castor sugar and continue whisking for 30 more seconds until creamy.
6.Make a well in the center and fold half the quantity of sugar using a metal spoon.
7.Add the remaining sugar and stir well.
8.Take a piping bag with large plain or rosette nozzle and fill the meringue mixture in it.
9.Pipe the mixture in cone shape on a baking tray at distance of 2 inches.
10.Add a sprinkling of extra castor sugar and bake for 45 minutes- 60 minutes.
11.Bake until firm and crispy.
12.Using a wet palette knife, remove from the tray and allow to cool on wire rack.
SERVING
13.Serve as desired.
Chef
