recipes
Scrummy Strawberry & Cream Meringues
makes 12
2 egg whites
1/2 cup caster sugar
1 teaspoon white vinegar
2 teaspoons icing sugar
pink food colouring
1/2 cup thickened cream
3 large strawberries, thinly sliced
1. Preheat oven to 120’C/100’C fan forced
Grease two oven trays, dust with cornflour, shake off excess.
2. Beat egg whites in small bowl with electric mixer until soft peaks form.
Gradually add caster sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until dissolved
between additions. Fold in vinegar, sifted icing sugar and a few drops of colouring.
3. Drop rounded tablespoons of meringue mixture, 3cm apart, on oven trays, using the back of a teaspoon. Make a small hollow in each meringue
4. Bake meringues about 30 minutes. Cool meringues in oven with door ajar
5. Just before serving, fill meringues with cream & top with strawberries.
