add your favourite fruits , or even put some hazelnuts in the mix . Make individual meringue nests it’s up to you
Heat oven to 150C
Line a baking tray with greaseproof
Clean your mixing bowl with a wedge of lemon , this removes any grease
Now put the egg whites into a bowl and whisk them , you want stiff peaks
Gradually add in the sugar a tblspn at a time and whisk after each spoonful
Spoon out about a 1/3 of the mix onto the lined baking tray , you want a sort of circle about 7" in diameter
Now spoon blobs ( very technical ) of meringue on top all around the edge
Use a skeet and swirl the tops of each blob
Put it in the oven . Now turn the oven DOWN to 140C
Leave for 1 hour
Turn off the oven and leave your meringue in there until completely cold
About an hour before serving prep your strawberries. Using about a 1/3 of the strawberries make a coulis
to do this put 1/3 of the strawberries in a processor ( or bowl and use a hand blender) add the dessertspoon of sugar and whizz up
Pass through a sieve to remove the pips
Put the meringue on a plate
Whisk the cream or mascarpone and fromage frais with the vanilla
Pile it in the centre of the meringue
Top with remaining fruit and drizzle over the coulis
Toke small nests just put a cople of spoonfuls of meringue on baking tray for each one , swirl and cook as above
Ingredients
Directions
Heat oven to 150C
Line a baking tray with greaseproof
Clean your mixing bowl with a wedge of lemon , this removes any grease
Now put the egg whites into a bowl and whisk them , you want stiff peaks
Gradually add in the sugar a tblspn at a time and whisk after each spoonful
Spoon out about a 1/3 of the mix onto the lined baking tray , you want a sort of circle about 7" in diameter
Now spoon blobs ( very technical ) of meringue on top all around the edge
Use a skeet and swirl the tops of each blob
Put it in the oven . Now turn the oven DOWN to 140C
Leave for 1 hour
Turn off the oven and leave your meringue in there until completely cold
About an hour before serving prep your strawberries. Using about a 1/3 of the strawberries make a coulis
to do this put 1/3 of the strawberries in a processor ( or bowl and use a hand blender) add the dessertspoon of sugar and whizz up
Pass through a sieve to remove the pips
Put the meringue on a plate
Whisk the cream or mascarpone and fromage frais with the vanilla
Pile it in the centre of the meringue
Top with remaining fruit and drizzle over the coulis
Toke small nests just put a cople of spoonfuls of meringue on baking tray for each one , swirl and cook as above