French Meringue

French Meringue — a meringue recipe, 4 ingredients.

Meringue

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
  • 8 oz (250 g) egg whites
  • ¼ tsp cream of tartar or a few drops lemon juice
  • 8 oz (250 g) granulated sugar
  • 8 oz (250 g) superfine sugar or sifted confectioners' sugar

Steps

  1. Whip the egg whites and cream of tartar until they reach soft peaks.
  2. Add the first amount of sugar, little by little, while beating by hand or machine.
  3. Whip until stiff.
  4. Stop beating and fold in the remaining sugar, if used, with a spatula.
  5. Use as desired or in your recipe.

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Source

Wikibooks Cookbook — adapted under CC BY-SA 3.0