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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.

126,3394.5/5 for 27 ratings

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Last modified on: February 12^th 2012

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 those ingredients for: 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.

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

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.

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).

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.
101,681 53.3/5 for 3 ratings 1 hour 28 min.

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Source

Home made.

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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: Succès praliné (praline meringue), Coconut tuiles, Pistachio "Financiers", Mirlitons, Armagnac marzipan, ... All
	Egg white: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Stuffed prunes, Italian Meringue, Two-coloured chocolate-orange tart, Chocolate mousse with hazelnuts, Pavlova, ... All
	Lemon juice: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Rémoulette dressing, Cretan salad, Rémoulette of celeriac, Lebanese Tabbouleh, Fillets of sole meunière, ... All

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