Questions tagged [meringue]
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Can I rescue unwhippable cocoa-meringue?
I had a bunch of egg whites leftover so I thought I'd make meringues. And for fun I thought I'd throw in some cocoa powder. This is a Swiss meringue recipe where I warmed the whites, cocoa, and sugar ...
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Can a Greens Lemon Meringue Pie be frozen?
Can you freeze the completely made cold lemon meringue pie, and will it look and taste the same after freezing, or will it freeze better without the meringue? Alternatively, can it be made a day in ...
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Should you stream sugar into French meringue?
I’ve heard several opinions on preparing French meringues:
stream sugar into fluffy egg whites
-or- combine sugar and egg whites ahead of time (e.g. the day before)
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Can I use liquid-form sugar to replace powdered-form sugar in meringue or sponge cake?
Borderline diabetes runs in my mom's side of the family so I'm taking some proactive steps to reduce empty carbs as much as I can. Sponge cake is something I make often and I always put less sugar ...
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How to make a meringue cake layer that is not cracked?
I have been trying for some time to make a meringue cake layer (like for Pavlova, but flatter, thinner) and I have not had any luck.
The recipe I use is 50 grams of sugar per one medium egg white, and ...
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What should the texture of meringue be in a lemon meringue pie?
After the pie has cooked and chilled, what texture should the meringue be? I couldn't find an answer online, and it was hard to tell from photographs. I'm assuming it isn't supposed to be crispy, the ...
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Replacing whole egg beating process by separated egg white and yolk beating in a recipe which calls for the former?
Can I replace whole egg beating process by separated egg white and yolk beating in a recipe which calls for the former? Can I replace the maida(all purpose flour ) with cake flour? Recipe is given ...
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Broil meringue cookies?
I wanted to make these meringue cookies. The instructions say to bake them for 90 mins at 100, but our oven only broils and we're still waiting to have it fixed. If possible, how long and what ...
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Which meringue is safe to eat without baking?
I recently got my meringue game down and though I wouldn’t eat French meringue without baking it, I’ve seen numerous videos where it’s said that Swiss meringue is delicious straight out of the double ...
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How to keep baked meringue from shrinking away from pie crust?
I've tried this three times now, but have not yet had success.
When making pies like chocolate cream pie or lemon pie and topping them with meringue, after baking said meringue it inevitably shrinks ...
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My Italian meringue macarons won’t stop coming out hollow [duplicate]
I’ve been making Macarons for a while but I have recently started to try the Italian method for making them and have basically failed 95% of the time. I’ve probably made around 25 batches all that ...
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How to avoid holes in Chiffon cake?
I have recently baked a couple of chiffon cakes, overall I'm happy with the bake - the structure and flavor are very good. However I have a recurring issue with large holes in the sponge, see the ...
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Icing a cake with meringue: can it be done in advance?
I have an event this Saturday for which I'm preparing a layered cake to take.
I was planning to ice it with meringue (Italian, for best stability) and then torching it.
The event begins in the morning,...
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How to cook perfect meringue in a gas oven?
The lowest temperature my gas oven goes to is 130C. I have yet to find a gas oven that goes lower than that, which is weird. Is that the case with everyone? I know meringue does better with lower ...
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What are the Purposes of the Types of Meringue that are used for Pastry?
i have seen a lot of recipes, which calls french meringue mostly in spongy cakes in the japanese cheesecake for example and other cake recipes, but for the decoration and filling of them are used ...
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How to whip up a small quantity of Italian meringue?
Sometimes, I want to make a recipe (or train one) that involves Italian meringue, but I find it very difficult to whip one up when using small quantities of egg whites.
I find it very hard to whip ...
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Incorporating Italian meringue into mousse
Yesterday I made some mousse using whipped cream and Italian meringue as aerators.
I incorporated the whipped cream to the base first and the Italian meringue last.
However, the Italian meringue was a ...
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Fast meringue technique
I use the slow method of baking a meringue, as described here.
I'm aware that there is a fast method, but can't find it online. (Besides, I'd really prefer the human input garnered here!)
Currently, ...
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Italian meringue: how to adjust sugar?
I've been having amateur pastry classes and one of the things we've done is Italian meringue.
However, I found the result to be overly sweet.
I am much more familiar with French and Swiss meringues, ...
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How do I add flavor to this amazing looking dish?
I have made an ancient pre-WWII recipe titled "Slovakian-Style Eggs." They look like fried eggs on static electricity. The whites are whipped into what is in effect a meringue, without sugar or any ...
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Why are amaretti mixed as they are?
Most recipes for amaretti call for the sugar to be combined with the ground almonds and then added to beaten egg whites. When making meringue, on the other hand, the sugar is beaten into partially-...
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What is the Key Difference Between Nougat and Meringue?
Both are made from whipped eggs and caramel syrup. Why nougat is viscous and meringue is soft and can become dry and crunchy?
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Keeping cream pies set while browning meringue topping
My cream pies set up great until I put them back in the oven to brown the meringue. When I take them out & let them cool, they are no longer set up. What am I doing wrong?
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Îles flottantes vs. oeufs à la neige
Long ago, I ate at someone's house and was served pieces of meringue on chilled crème anglaise.* The hostess called it îles flottantes, but I have since heard it called oeufs à la neige. Meanwhile, I'...
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How can I stop my pavlova from "leaking"?
I'm learning to make Pavlova. I'm five attempts in and generally pretty happy with my latest one except for the weird "leaking" that happens during baking. Anyone know why this happens and how to stop ...
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What are these chocolate meringues called?
I've picked these up at a swiss/ french patisserie and I'd love to try making them myself, but I can't find anything online similar to this.
They are dry and crusty on the outside and have a soft ...
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Meringue - Dry Crisp And Impossibly Delicate [closed]
I am looking for a recipe for an impossibly dry/crisp baked meringue. The baked meringue medallions, once cooled, are almost like oak log ash, and the medallions cannot be picked up by their edges, ...
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What’s the minimum sugar to egg white ratio in Swiss buttercream?
A Swiss meringue buttercream is a buttercream based on a sugar and egg white mix that is first heated and then whipped. The average recipes I could find use roughly one part egg white to two parts of ...
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Macaron Help - Hollows and Little Feet
I've been attempting to make French macarons using an Italian meringue and aside from a few lucky hits, I've never gotten a perfect batch. Each time is roughly the same outcome; little feet (a quarter ...
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Why is my meringue soft, moist and discoloured?
There is a similar question to this, but without a recipe and no satisfactory answer...
I used 3 egg whites with pristine metal utensils. Absolutely no moisture, fats, etc.
Whisked slow, medium, ...
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How to know when meringue has been over-whipped?
I have seen many recipes, SO's and videos where the baker/chef/etc put egg white in a machine and whip it on high speed for anything up to and over 10 minutes.
I have been warned about over whipping ...
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Can you safely torch a meringue topping instead of baking it?
I want to make a butterscotch pudding and chill it in ramekins. Since the pudding calls for egg yolks, I thought of making the whites into a meringue topping. If I do that, can I brown the topping ...
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Italian Meringue Help - Sticking to Mixer
I am trying to make Italian Meringue and I using a candy thermometer and following a recipe very closely. However, whenever I pour my sugar into my egg whites the sugar instantly sticks to the side of ...
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Separating egg yolks the night before beating meringue
When separating egg whites from yolks could a person do it the night before so the morning of making pies turns out faster?
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Can "low fat" eggs have an impact on meringue formation?
Yesterday I tried making a meringue-based dessert with a recipe I've used successfully a few times before, which calls for 6 egg whites and 1.5 cups of sugar. I made sure to have no egg yolk with the ...
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Italian Meringue with Non-Simple Syrup?
I'm trying out making macarons, and I'd like to get some strawberry flavor incorporated, but I don't have access to flavored powder.
I've seen some recipes that use an Italian meringue instead of ...
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Macarons Problems because of convection gas
I tried the pierre herme macaron ispahan recipe:
250 g de poudre d’amande
250 g de sucre glace
6 blancs d’œufs (180 g)
3 g de colorant rouge carmin
250 g de sucre semoule
65 g d’eau minérale
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If the egg whites are old, is it safe to make Italian meringue?
If the eggs are little bit old, and I used the egg whites to make Italian meringue, is it safe to it ?
Egg whites could contain salmonella, and especially in my country where eggs are sold locally ...
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using icing with buttercream to write with
I am decorating a cookie for a wedding and packing them separate in a clear bag for a thank you gift. I've used the instructions from the meringue container for icing but wanted to know if I could ...
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What caused my meringue to fall after adding cocoa?
I made a very nice stiff batch of meringue for meringue cookies. I piped half of the batch on the cookie sheet and they looked wonderful (or at least they were nicely stiff, and I need to practice my ...
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Meringue Imitation to practice decoration
Does exist a product in market of imitation of not eatable meringue with the same consistency?
This in order to practice decoration and re-use several times the " practice meringue" without the need ...
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What would the best Cornflour substitute be for a Pavlova?
Our local stores do not sell cornflour so I need a substitute.
Online I'm finding people saying use normal flour, or you can use arrowroot or you can use cornstarch at half the quantity. But these ...
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Re-Heat meringues after having them in the fridge for a long time?
Three weeks ago I tried to make meringues. Unfortunately I left them in the oven for too short, and thus they were quite soft. Thus I put them in the fridge. Now I took them out again, and noticed ...
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Italian meringue deflated after adding sugar
I've only ever made French meringue prior to this, and I've only ever used whole, separated eggs.
In this case, I used egg whites out of a carton (probably should note they were only a few weeks shy ...
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How to keep meringue white while baking?
I made pavlovas last week from 4 egg whites and about a cup of sugar whipped together to a SUPER form meringue. I piped them on to a tray and baked first on 120 degrees for an hour and then on 70 ...
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What to do with egg whites after stiff peaks collapse & you can't re-beat
So weird situation... beat eggs to stiff peaks with intention of making meringues. Forgot about them somehow (dinner party), but now, my friend's mixer that we borrowed is no longer available and the ...
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How long and how can I hold meringue before macaronage?
I have high hopes (I always do) for my next batch of macarons. I've decided to do lemon and lime. I want to do half lemon, half lime.
My stand mixer isn't perfect, I fear that it won't perfectly ...
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how long does swiss meringue last?
I've just discovered swiss meringue as a dairy-free option for frosting cakes and am not sure much about it, including how long it lasts, whether to store it in the fridge or room temperature, how far ...
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Why did my meringue deflate and go soft?
I used 8 egg whites with sugar and beat it. It was so stiff that I could actually maybe cut it with a knife and make a sculpture out of it.
I preheated the oven to 150 degrees and baked it at 140. ...
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Can I flavor powdered sugar with vanilla beans or citrus zest?
I'm asking specifically for macarons (the fussiest cookie in the known universe),
so I wouldn't be interested in trying if it would negatively affect the way the sugar behaves in a macaron recipe, ...
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