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Raspberry Meringues

Raspberry Meringues
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Meringues make me smile - here they're little, pink clouds of happiness.  It just isn't possible to be grumpy with a meringue in front of you.

Inspired by BBC Good Food

Ingredients

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  • 4 egg whites, at room temperature
  • 110g (4oz)caster sugar
  • 110g (4oz) icing sugar
  • Red food colouring gel
  • 300ml (10 floz) whipping cream, softly whipped
  • 200g (7oz) fresh raspberries

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 110ºC/100ºC Fan/225ºF (gas mark ¼). Line two baking sheets with baking parchment paper - sometimes they will stick on greaseproof paper.
  2. Tip the egg whites into a large, clean, glass or metal bowl. Using an electric hand whisk, beat on a medium speed until they stand up in stiff peaks when the blades are lifted.
  3. Now turn the speed up and start to add the caster sugar, a dessertspoonful at a time. Continue beating for a couple of seconds between each beating. It's important to add the sugar slowly at this stage as it helps prevent the meringues from weeping later. Don't overbeat.
  4. Sift one-third of the icing sugar over the mixture, then gently fold it in with a large metal spoon. Continue to sift and fold in the remaining icing sugar a third at a time. Again, don't over mix.
  5. Dip the end of a wooden skewer or cocktail stick into the red food colouring gel and gently swirl some of it through the uncooked meringue mixture. Less is more, in terms of both quantity of gel and the amount of mixing.
  6. Scoop up the mixture, a dessertspoonful at a time and make 8 rough mounds on each baking sheet - 16 in total.
  7. Bake in the oven for 1¼ - 1½ hours until the meringues sound crisp when tapped underneath.
  8. Leave to cool on the baking sheets.
  9. When cold, gently mix the raspberries into the softly whipped cream and use to sandwich together the meringues into pairs.

Notes

  • The meringues will keep really well, so they are a perfect dessert for preparing well in advance.  They will be good for 2 weeks in an airtight container, so get cooking now to enjoy later.

Keywords: afternoon tea, celebration, summer

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