Meringue – a basic mixture of egg whites and sugar that whips up into a voluminous mixture of fluff that is light and airy. This meringue mixture can be used to bake individually baked little meringues, as a topping to pies or pirogy’s, or even incorporated into cakes.
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Into a thoroughly cleaned, absolutely grease-free bowl, separate egg whites from your egg yolks making sure that no trace of the egg yolk gets into the egg whites.
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Add 1 cup of sugar and a pinch of salt to the liquid egg whites and whip on high speed for about 15 minutes. If using a handheld mixer this might take about 5-10 minutes longer. As you start whipping the egg whites, they will be very thick and runny, but as you continue whipping, slowly the egg whites will gain volume and look very luster and pearly in color.
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follow HERE for full BAKING INSTRUCTIONS.
To bake individual meringues pipe the meringue onto a parchment lined baking sheet and bake in preheated to 225F oven, until the meringues are dry all the way through in the middle.
For a meringue mount of about 3 tablespoons it will take about 2+ hours for it to dry.
To check, gently open the oven door and remove one meringue mount. Allow to completely cool. Crack it open and check the middle of the meringue. If it is dry in the middle it is baked. Depending on your recipe though, you might need the meringue to be soft and marshmallowy or nice and crunchy.