French Meringue *

Name: French Meringue * (Meringue Française)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: Makes about 1 lb. (465 g), or 3 × 7-in. (18-cm) round bases, or 20 × 2¾- × 1½-in. (7- × 3.5-cm) individual meringues
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: Generous ¾ cup (5½ oz./155 g) superfine sugar, divided; 5 egg whites (scant ¾ cup/155 g); Scant 1¼ cups (5½ oz./155 g) Confectioners’ sugar

Meringue Française

Preparation info

Makes about
1 lb
individual meringues

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 30

Appears in

French Pastries and Desserts by Lenôtre

By Chefs at Lenôtre

Published 2021

About

Ingredients

5 egg whites (scant ¾ cup/155 g)
Generous ¾ cup (

Europe
France
Garnish
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°F (100°C/Gas Mark ¼). If making round meringue bases, draw 3 × 7-in. (18-cm) circles on sheets of parchment paper with a pencil and place upside down on the cookie sheets. For individual meringues, simply line the cookie sheets with parch