Name: Raspberry Meringues
Yield: Makes 6 meringues
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: ½ lb (225 g) raspberries; ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons (150 ml) heavy cream; Raspberries, for serving; ½ cup plus 1 tablespoon (115 g) superfine sugar; confectioners’ sugar, if needed; 2 egg whites; ¼ cup (50 g) superfine sugar; 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

Preparation info

Makes
6
meringues

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Official Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook

By Downton Abbey

Published 2020

About

French chef François Massialot, father of the crème brûlée, published the first meringue recipe in Nouveau cuisinier royal et bourgeois, his multivolume cookbook that began appearing in 1691. Large, featherlight meringue shells, usually filled with raspberries and topped with cream, are a favorite sweet course on the Downton dining table. Piping meringue into small nests yields an ideal adaptation for afternoon tea.