There is nothing sweeter that those first few kisses with someone you have really liked for a while and in the baking world there is nothing sweeter than meringues. These little cherry flavoured meringue kisses are light and crumble sweetly in your mouth from the first touch.
Ingredients
4 egg
whites
225g
caster sugar
1tsp
cornflour
½ tsp
white wine vinegar
1 cup of
cherries
Method
Heat the
cherries in a saucepan until they start to split then mash them against the
side of pan. Once the juices are reduced to a syrup, sift them and set aside
the juice for later.
Whisk the
egg whites up and a very clean bowl until they hold stiff peak. Gradually sift
in half the sugar whisking as you go. The mixture should thicken and get shiny.
Add in the cornflour and vinegar to give your meringues that gooey marshmallow
centre and whisk in the rest of the sugar.
Pour in
the juice but do not mix. Spoon the mixture into a piping bag with a large star
shaped nozzle.
The oven
should be heated to about 140°. Pipe the meringues onto a greased paper. To
make cute little meringue kisses hold the nozzle perfectly straight above the
paper and pipe in a steady stream. The juices should make a pretty ripple
pattern throughout.
Cook gently
on a low heat to dry and create that lovely crunch when you bite into each of
these kisses.
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