I recently started getting into making baked goods and I though I might attempt to make a meringue. I have eaten them before and I believed they might be difficult to prepare but after trying it I have found that a meringue is really fairly simple. I was able to locate a meringue recipe on the internet that’s extremely simple to make. There are only a few ingredients, four egg whites and 2 1/4 cups of confectioners sugar. All you need to do is whip the egg whites until they’re foamy and sprinkle in your sugar a little bit at a time whilst whipping your egg whites on medium speed. As soon as the mixture gets firm and shiny it is time for you to quit mixing after which you can put your mixture into a large pastry bag. Use the pastry bag to pipe the meringue onto a buttered baking sheet and put them into your oven pre-heated to 200 degrees. They will need to bake for roughly three hours but making them couldn’t be easier.
After making those meringues for the very first time I wanted to be a bit more daring and take a crack at making a lemon meringue pie. I discovered a lemon meringue pie recipe on the internet which had 1069 critiques from individuals that have tried the recipe and these individuals gave this particular recipe an average 4.6 star rating. To make this particular recipe you must preheat the oven to 350 degrees. To make your lemon filling you will whisk together one cup of sugar, some flour, cornstarch and salt. Then stir in a little water, a little lemon juice and also lemon zest. Cook this over medium-high temperature and stir often till the mixture begins to boil. After that you mix in a little butter and put a few egg yolks into a small bowl and mix them in the half cup of the sugar mixture. Take that to a boil and continue stirring until everything thickens. As soon as the mixture is thick you can put the filling into a baked pastry shell. To create the meringue part of your pie you can utilize a similar recipe to the one cited above and then spread the meringue over your pie, making sure you seal off the edges at the pie crust. This will then need to be baked for about 10 minutes.
While I was searching on the internet I even discovered a chocolate meringue cookie recipe that I’d like to try before long. This particular recipe has a few additional ingredients than the meringue mentioned within the beginning of the post but should be a great deal easier to make than the lemon meringue pie mentioned above. I’ll need to give that one a try when I have some time.