Almond Meringues

Name: Almond Meringues
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 79 milliliters sliced almonds, lightly toasted, cooled, and coarsely crushed; 3 larges egg whites; 177 milliliters superfine granulated sugar

Almond Meringues is a gluten free, dairy free, fodmap friendly, and vegetarian side dish. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 8 servings with 113 calories, 2g of protein, and 3g of fat each. If you have almonds, egg whites, superfine granulated sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. 1 person found this recipe to be scrumptious and satisfying. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 225°F.

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Oven

Beat whites with a pinch of salt in a bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until they hold soft peaks.

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Salt

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add 1/2 cup superfine sugar a little at a time, beating, then continue to beat at high speed until whites hold stiff, glossy peaks, 1 to 3 minutes. Fold in remaining 1/4 cup sugar gently but thoroughly.

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Sugar

Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Put a small dab of meringue on all 4 corners of each sheet, then turn paper over, pressing on corners to adhere parchment to baking sheets.

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Spoon meringue into pastry bag. You will be making 4 lattice cookies on each sheet, so work in 1 quadrant for each: Pipe 4 (4-inch-long) diagonal lines, about 5/8 inch apart, then pipe 4 (4-inch-long) parallel lines diagonally across original 4 lines, 5/8 inch apart, to form a lattice. Make 3 more lattice meringues on same baking sheet, about 1 inch apart.

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Pastry Bag

Sprinkle half of almonds over meringues. Pipe 4 more lattice meringues on second baking sheet in same manner, then sprinkle with remaining almonds.

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Almonds

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Baking Sheet

Bake meringues in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until crisp and pale golden, about 1 hour total.

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Oven

Cool meringues completely on sheets on racks, about 1 hour, then carefully peel from parchment.

• Meringues can be made 3 days ahead and kept in an airtight container at room temperature.