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Swiss meringues

Swiss meringues are a variant of the classic French meringue. The eggs whites and sugar are beaten together in a bain-marie at first, then beaten stiff as normal. This makes for a firmer meringue which can be used to make small items or figures to decorate cakes or ice creams (such as mushrooms, snowmen, etc.).

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Last modified on: June 2^nd 2015

For 150 g, you will need:

1 60 g egg white
2 100 g icing sugar
3 powdered cocoa (optional)
Total weight: 160 grams

Change those ingredients for: 50 g 75 g 150 g 300 g 450 g

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
22 min.	10 min.	45 min.	1 hour 17 min.

Keeping: After Gaston Lenôtre.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 3 min.

Preheat the oven to 150°C (300°F).

Put 60 g egg white and 100 g icing sugar into a food-processor bowl.

Stage 2 - 7 min.

Beat to mix thoroughly, then place the bowl over a pan of water kept at a bare simmer.

Beat the mixture until the temperature reaches 50°C (122°F), using a thermometer to check this.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Return the bowl to the food processor and beat on maximum speed for around 5 minutes.

Stage 4

You will notice that the mixture is not as light as for a classic meringue, but much creamier.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Pipe your meringues onto a sheet of cooking parchment using a forcing bag.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

Dust with a little cocoa powder if you wish (purely decorative).

Stage 7 - 45 min.

Bake for 45 minutes...

Stage 8

...and prop the oven door open with a wooden spoon to allow the steam to escape.

Stage 9 - 10 min.

Leave to cool on a wire rack.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
412 Kcal or 1,725 Kj	3 gr	100 gr	0 gr
21 %	1 %	9 %	0 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
258 Kcal or 1,080 Kj	2 gr	63 gr	0 gr
13 %	1 %	6 %	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).

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For 150 g : 0.50 €

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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: Chocolate sweetcrust pastry, Stuffed prunes, Jam doughnuts, Paris-Brest, X-Files cookies, ... All
	Egg white: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Almond tuiles, Italian Meringue, Amaretti, Clafoutis "Marie-Antoinette", Peach and verbena feuilleté, ... All

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