Miracle Meringues

Name: Miracle Meringues
Yield: Makes 8 large meringues
Ingredients: 2 × 400 g (14 oz) cans full-fat coconut milk, chilled overnight; fresh fruit, to serve; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 100 g (3½ oz/scant ¾ cup) icing (confectioners’) sugar, sifted; 120 ml (4 fl oz/½ cup) aquafaba (the strained liquid from a 400 g tin chickpeas); ½ tsp white or red wine vinegar; 125 g (4½ oz/scant ⅔ cup) caster (superfine) sugar

Preparation info

Makes
8
large meringues

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Rose Elliot's Complete Vegan

By Rose Elliot

Published 2019

About

These are made from the liquid strained from canned chick peas, named ‘aquafaba’. Amazingly, it whisks up just like egg white, and it can then be made into the most delectable meringues. You’ve got to try this!

Ingredients

120 ml (4 fl oz/½ cup) aquafaba (the strained liquid from a 400

Dessert
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 100°C/210°F/gas mark ¼ and line 2 baking sheets with baking parchment.

In a large, grease-free bowl with an electric mix, or the bowl of a stand mixer, whisk the aquafaba for 10 minutes, until the mixture has stiff peaks. Add the vinegar and whisk for one mi