Baking is one of my favorite pasttimes, and I just entered the realm of meringues.
With meringue, you either love it or leave it and my girls love it. I tried this simple dessert recently and was quite pleased with the results. It was interesting to see which dinner guests ate the sorbet and which ate the meringue; my family certainly ate both. After taking a vote, I decided to only cover half the torte with almonds and this decision pleased the five and under set. This is a wonderfully light dessert. You might just want to make it for your mother for her big day.
To see the recipe just read more.
Everyday Food
Ingredients
3 large egg whites
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 1/2 teaspoons white or cider vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 pint sorbet (softened)
toasted sliced almonds, or fresh fruit
Directions
- Preheat oven to 225 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, set aside. With an electric mixer beat egg whites, cream of tartar, and salt in a large bowl until soft peaks form.
- With mixer running, add 3/4 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff peaks form.
- In a small bowl, stir together remaining 2 tablespoons sugar and the corn starch; beat into egg-white mixture. Beat in vinegar and vanilla.
- Drop dollops of mixture ina line down center of prepared baking sheet.
With a flexible spatula or a wet spoon, spread into a 6 by 14 inch rectangle. Make a 1 inch deep well down the center, leaving a 1 inch thick boarder around edges.
- Bake 2 hours; turn off oven, and let stand (in oven) for 2 hours or up to overnight.
- Fill with sorbet (I used raspberry); top with peaches or almonds if desired. Cut into pieces with a serrated knife.
Serves 6 to 8.
Without almonds, this dessert has zero grams of fat. Each serving is around 200 calories.
Print recipe with images | without images
Try it and let me know what you think.
Heine
Camilla Skovgaard
Fiorelli
Meringue isn't what I think of as a light dessert, probably because of how sweet it is - but adding some sorbet instead of cream for topping probably helps.
1That looks so yummy!
2Sounds interesting!
3I'd try it...I like meringue.
4Yum. I used to love meringue.
5I'll pass. I'm not a fan of meringue or sorbet.
6Looks interesting but i'll pass too. sorbets and meringue are not my thing.
how big is a serving btw?
7Post New Comment
Please share your opinion with our community, but make sure it is on topic and follows our Community Rules. We moderate comments and prohibit personal attacks, threats, spam, lewd images, or the promotion of your personal website.