Basic meringues

Name: Basic meringues
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 100 min
Yield: 20 servings
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: 6.00 eggs large, whites only; 2.00 ml Cream of tartar; 300.00 g castor sugar; 5.00 ml vanilla essence; 0.00 cream fresh, whipped

20 servings Prep: 10 mins, Cooking: 1 hr 30 mins

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By Food24 November 03 2009

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Ingredients (5)

6.00	eggs — large, whites only
2.00 ml	Cream of tartar
300.00 g	castor sugar
5.00 ml	vanilla — essence
0.00	cream — fresh, whipped

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Method:

Whisk egg whites, sprinkling in the cream of tartar as they start to froth. Continue whisking until they are stiff but not dry.

Add 250g castor sugar, 15ml at a time, beating well between each addition.

The mixture should be stiff, thick and smooth, and the sugar dissolved. Rub a little mixture between your thumb and index finger to check.

Fold in the remaining sugar and vanilla essence with a rubber spatula.

Line baking sheets with greaseproof or baking paper. Shape or pipe mounds of meringue onto sheets and bake in preheated oven – 110 °C – for 90 minutes.

Allow to cool with the oven door slightly ajar, then transfer to a rack to prevent sticking. Sandwich together with whipped cream.