OK, So what do you do with an abundance of egg whites? How many egg white omelets can you eat? Make Meringues.
Since we have been making so much Gelato we have an abundance of egg whites so I decided to make meringues. I figured we would staywith the theme and make Italian meringues. The Italians like to make there meringues with a sugar syrup instead of just simple sugar and I have to agree. They are marvelous!
I use a basic recipe from Tyler Florence on the Food Network to get started. I then added some raspberry preserves and sprinkled cocao powder on the tops of half of them. They are awesome. I am sure that I will be creating many more of these in the future.
Now I need to get a pastry bag. Oh and a tip I picked up that I will try next time is if you are using a electric blender use the medium setting instead of the high. This make the egg whites stiffer with out getting big air holes in them. Takes a little longer but worth the effort.
Yummy and low cal too!
