French Meringue
French dish with egg whites, cream of tartar, granulated sugar.
- prep 9 min
- cook 21 min
- total 30 min
- serves 4
- intermediate
- France
Ingredients
- 8 oz egg whites
- ¼ tsp cream of tartar
- 8 oz granulated sugar
- 8 oz superfine sugar
Steps
- Whip the egg whites and cream of tartar until they reach soft peaks.
- Add the first amount of sugar, little by little, while beating by hand or machine.
- Whip until stiff.
- Stop beating and fold in the remaining sugar, if used, with a spatula.
- Use as desired or in your recipe.
Adapted from “French Meringue”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.