Meringues à l’Italienne

Name: Meringues à l’Italienne (Seven-minute Frosting)
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 cup Granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla; ½ cup cold water; ½ teaspoon white corn syrup; 3 large egg whites; Dash of salt; ¼ teaspoon lemon juice

Seven-minute Frosting

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Hows and Whys of French Cooking

By Alma Lach

Published 1974

About

Ingredients

1 cup Granulated sugar
½ cup cold water
½ teaspo

Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Put sugar, water, and syrup into a small pan. Stir-cook until sugar is dissolved and mixture starts to boil. At that point stop stirring and let it simmer until it reaches 242 degrees or until a few drops in cold water make a firm-soft ball.
When this syrup is about ready to be used, put egg whites into a bowl. Add salt and lemon juice and whip stiff but not