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Royal icing

Royal icing is a mixture of egg white and icing sugar. From its pasty consistency when fresh, it dries to give a lovely white crust.

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Last modified on: February 12^th 2012

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For 120 g, you will need:

1 20 g egg white
2 100 g icing sugar
3 ½ teaspoon lemon juice
Total weight: 123 grams

Change these quantities to make: 40 g 60 g 120 g 240 g 360 g

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How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Start to finish
13 min.	13 min.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 2 min.

Put 20 g egg white and 100 g icing sugar in a bowl.

Stage 2 - 1 min.

Tip in half the icing sugar.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Mix thoroughly with a whisk.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Add more icing sugar a spoonful at a time, beating well each time.

Continue until you have a smooth paste which leaves a point when you lift the whisk out.

Stage 5

Your royal icing is ready for use, to coat a cake or sweets, like calissons, for example.

Remarks

The proportions of egg white and sugar are fairly approximate. It is important to arrive at the right pasty texture, whatever weight of sugar you are using.

The lemon juice gives a brighter whiteness, but you can colour royal icing with a few drops of food colouring if you prefer.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge in a sealed container.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
405 Kcal or 1,696 Kj	1 gr	100 gr	0 gr
20 %	<1 %	9 %	0 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
331 Kcal or 1,386 Kj	1 gr	82 gr	0 gr
17 %	<1 %	8 %	0 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Egg

How much will it cost?

For 120 g : 0.40 €

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Calissons

Calissons are a sweet from Provence - Aix-en-Provence is famous for them - made with almonds and candied fruit, covered with royal icing. This is a slightly simplified version, which is every bit as good.
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	Icing sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Swiss meringues, Tarte Normande, Coconut paste, Clementine Chantilly, Moist Lemon Cake, ... All
	Egg white: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Baked Alaska, Chocolate mousse with hazelnuts, Spicy hot toasted cashew nuts, Vanilla ice cream, Cigarettes Russes (Piroulines), ... All
	Lemon juice: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Baked potatoes with poached egg and tuna sauce , Sautéed pork with mushrooms in a cream sauce., Tomato ladybirds, Sautéed oyster mushrooms, Cubed salad, ... All

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