| CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
| Fruits, Eggs, Dairy |
|
Desserts, Fruits, La_times |
6 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
| 4 |
|
Egg whites |
| 1/8 |
ts |
Cream of tartar |
| 1/2 |
c |
Sugar– |
|
|
(preferably superfine) |
| 1 |
ts |
Vanilla extract |
| 2 |
pt |
Strawberries |
| 2 |
tb |
Sugar |
| 1 |
tb |
Rose geranium leaves, snipped |
INSTRUCTIONS
MERINGUE BASKETS
STRAWBERRIES
MERINGUE BASKETS:Beat egg whites until foamy. Add cream of tartar and
sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating well after each addition until
whites are stiff and glossy and sugar is completely dissolved. Fold in
vanilla.Spoon egg white mixture into pastry bag. Pipe whites onto
parchment-lined baking sheet in 6 3-inch disks; smooth each disk with back
of spoon. Attach star tip to pastry bag and pipe whites around outside edge
of disk. Repeat twice to form three-tiered side of basket. Bake at 250
degrees 1 hour. Turn off oven and leave meringues inside 6 more hours.
STRAWBERRIES:Wash and hull 1/2 pint berries. Crush with fork in large bowl.
Add sugar and leaves and stir to combine well. Wash and hull remaining
berries, cutting into bite-sized pieces. Combine with crushed berries and
spoon into meringue baskets. Formatted by Lynn Thomas dcqp82a. Source: Los
Angeles Times 4-16-97. 6 servings. Each serving:121 calories; 39 mg sodium;
0 cholesterol; 0 fat; 28 grams carbohydrates; 3 grams protein; 0.53 grams
fiber.
Recipe by: Los Angeles Times 4-16-97 Sent to me by "Jack C. Elvis"
<jackelvis@moonlink.net> so I could check them out for formatting errors,
originally posted to Prodigy.
By DCQP82A LYNN THOMAS Time: 3:43 PM on Apr 23, 1997
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