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
Keywords for this recipe:For 270 g, you will need:
- 1
3 egg whites - 2
0 kg 6 g caster sugar - 3
4 tablespoons water - 4
1 pinch fine (or table) salt
How long will it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 18 min. | 12 min. | 30 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 12 min.
Mix 0 kg 6 g caster sugar with 4 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.
When sugar temperature approachs 115°C or 239°F, start beating 3 egg whites with 1 pinch fine (or table) salt.
Stage 3 - 5 min.
When sugar reaches 120°C or 248°F, pour it slowly onto the egg-whites, while beating on medium speed.
Stage 4 - 10 min.
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.
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.
Basic proportions: 60 g caster sugar per egg white.
Keeping
A few minutes, not more.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 738 Kcal or 3,090 Kj | 5 gr | 180 gr | 0 gr |
| 37 % | 2 % | 17 % | 0 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 224 Kcal or 938 Kj | 1 gr | 55 gr | 0 gr |
| 11 % | 1 % | 5 % | 0 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 270 g : 0.41 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
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This recipe uses (among others)
 | Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate mousse, Minted Melon, Comtoise apple charlotte, Sautéed pears with custard and orange syrup , Apple paste, ... All |
 | Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sushi, Spaghetti Bolognese, Chocolate Chantilly , Super-green, super-thrifty soup, Panettone, ... All |
 | Egg white: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Finger biscuits, Peach and verbena feuilleté, Eton mess, Pistachio "Financiers", Strawberry sorbet, ... All |
 | Fine (or table) salt: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: X-Files cookies, Poppy seed and lemon cake, Red mixed pickle, Hasselback or "Swedish-style" potatoes, Eggs with tomatoes and courgettes, ... All |
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