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.
183K 38 4.4
Last modified on: February 12th 2012
Keywords for this recipe: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
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.
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.
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 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 120 g : 0.40 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
Some recipes that use this recipe
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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This recipe uses (among others)
 | Icing sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Finger biscuits, Cigarettes Russes (Piroulines), Half-cooked chocolate cake with raspberry coulis, Swiss meringues, Amiens macaroons, ... All |
 | Egg white: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Meringues, Calissons, Chocolate mousse with hazelnuts, Coconut tuiles, Almond tuiles, ... All |
 | Lemon juice: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Sautéed oyster mushrooms, Exotic fruit tart, Beetroot and cream cheese verrines, Macarons (the original French macaroons) , Nanou's tuna tart, ... All |
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