Italian Meringue


Italian Meringue
Italian meringue is made with sugar cooked to 120°C or 248°F. This is different from the French, which is made from caster sugar. The cooked sugar gives a softer meringue which can be added to other preparations or use as it is.
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Last modified on: June 2nd 2015

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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 12 min.
Italian Meringue
Mix 90 g caster sugar with 2 tablespoons water and put on to cook "to soft ball stage", which means 120°C or 248°F (a thermometer is very useful here).

Stage 2 - 3 min.
Italian Meringue
When sugar temperature approachs 115°C or 239°F, start beating 2 egg whites with ½ pinch fine (or table) salt.

Stage 3 - 5 min.
Italian Meringue
When sugar reaches 120°C or 248°F, pour it slowly onto the egg-whites, while beating on medium speed.

Stage 4 - 10 min.
Italian Meringue
You are going to get a very smooth and hot meringue, leave the mixer running for a further 10 minutes while the meringue cools down.

Your italian meringue is ready.
Remarks
The difficulty is in the cooking of the sugar, and adding it slowly to whipped egg-whites. Take care, it's hot!

Basic proportions: 60 g caster sugar per egg white.
Keeping
A few minutes, not more.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
Whole recipe
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
372 Kcal or 1,557 Kj3 gr90 gr0 gr
19 %1 %8 %0 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
207 Kcal or 867 Kj2 gr50 gr0 gr
10 %1 %5 %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 135 g : 0.25 €

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