Meringue Baskets for Mother’s Day
Need a Mother’s Day recipe? Try this meringue baskets recipe for Mother’s Day for a delicious baked good today. Stork – Love to Bake.
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Ingredients
Basket Ingredients
4 egg whites
1 heaped cup castor sugar
4 tsp cornflour
2 tsp white vinegar
Pinch of salt
1 tsp vanilla essence
Custard Ingredients
500ml milk
30ml Stork Baking Margarine
125ml sugar
50ml cornflour
50ml cold water
60ml cake flour
5ml custard powder
Pinch of salt
2 eggs, separated
5ml vanilla
To Assemble
1 punnet fresh berries
1 tbsp sugar
3 tbsp water
1 tsp cornflour
Step by step method
- Prepare a baking sheet by lining it with greaseproof paper (not wax wrap).
- Draw round shapes on one side of the paper using a round glass, leaving space between each circle.
- Place paper with drawn circles on the base of the baking sheet and spray the clean side lightly with spray ân cook.
- Put egg whites (at room temperature) in a large bowl, making sure that there is no egg yolk in the mix. The best way is to separate the eggs one at a time putting the white in a small bowl before adding it to the big bowl.
- Add the vanilla and vinegar and beat until it forms soft peaks then start adding the sugar slowly, beating all the time.
- Beat until it is glossy and very stiff then fold in the sifted cornflour and salt.Â
- Using a piping bag with a large star nozzle, start piping from the middle in a circular pattern till just inside the template then pipe 2 rings round the circle.
- If you do not have a piping bag, use a spoon and cover the circle with meringue and form a nice hollow in the centre.
- Bake in a very cool oven at 120ºC for 2 hours then switch the oven off and leave the meringues in until oven is cool.
- Store in an airtight container.
- Mix cornflour, custard powder, cake flour and a pinch of salt with the cold water. Stir in egg yolks, mix well.
- Bring milk, sugar and Stork Bake margarine to the boil.
- Stir the mixed paste into the hot milk, stirring all the time until it is thick.
- Remove from heat and add the vanilla and stiffly beaten egg whites.
- Cool and store in fridge till needed.
- In a small saucepan, place ¼ of the berries and mash them up, add the sugar and water and heat.
- Mix 1 teaspoon cornflour with about 2 - 3 teaspoons water then slowly add this to the hot mixture and stir till it looks like thin custard. Remove from heat and cool.
- Place the meringue baskets on a plate and put a quenelle of the cold custard in the basket.
- Add a few berries and drizzle some of the sauce over the filling.
- Assemble and serve immediately.