If you need a simple and just adorable recipe for Valentine's Day, you must try this meringue recipe.
These cutesy Red and White Meringue kisses are easy to make. It's just one of the recipes I've been teaching in my Valentine's Day baking classes this past week. Basically, you are just working with egg whites and granulated sugar and a bit of food coloring.
For best results:
- Always work with room temperature eggs.
- Use a clean metal bowl. Wipe clean to remove any traces of oil that could prevent your egg whites from whipping up fully.
- Preferably, use a disposable pasty bag because the food coloring may discolor it otherwise.
I'm sure you're sweetheart, children or best friends will appreciate these tasty minty treats.
What are you baking for tomorrow?
Afiyet olsun!
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| Plain meringue kisses just as spectacular as the dressed up version below. |
Red and White Meringue Kisses for Valentine's Day
Yields: about 65 1-inch kisses
3 ea. (90 g.) egg whites from large eggs
1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
3/4 c. (175 g.) granulated sugar
pinch salt
1/4 tsp. or to taste mint extract (nane essence)
Tools: small paint brush, pastry bag with large star tip and red food coloring paste
Preheat the oven to 200 F/100 C. Line the cookie sheets with baking paper, set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk the egg whites together with the cream of tartar and salt until frothy.
Then, gradually add all the sugar, about 2 Tablespoons at a time, beating on high speed until the meringue forms stiff peaks. Add in the mint extract toward the end.
Take a small paintbrush and brush 4 thin stripes of red food coloring paste on the inside of the pastry bag fitted with a 1/2-inch open star tip. Fill the bag with some of the meringue.
Working close to the tray, hold the pastry bag straight up and down and then pipe the kisses about 1-inch apart on the tray.
Bake for about 90 minutes or until the meringue appears dry, and are the kisses are firm. Store in an airtight container; they will stay fresh about 3-4 days.
Optional: drizzle with melted dark or semi-sweet chocolate.
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| If you like the combination of mint and chocolate, simply drizzle your finished meringues with melted chocolate. |