Desserts

White meringue

Makes
2 meringue layers
Oven
125 °C125 °C (250 °F)

Ingredients

  • 4 egg whites
  • 210 g sugar7½ oz sugar
  • ½ tsp white vinegar

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 125°C (fan). Draw two circles of about 24 cm on baking paper on baking sheets.Heat the oven to 250 °F (fan). Draw two circles of about 9 in on baking paper on baking sheets.
  2. Whisk the egg whites with about 100 g of the sugar until stiff.Whisk the egg whites with about 3½ oz of the sugar until stiff.
  3. Then whisk in the rest of the sugar and the vinegar until the meringue is stiff and glossy.
  4. Divide the meringue between the two circles and smooth it out.
  5. Bake at 125°C (fan) for about 2 hours. Let the layers cool.Bake at 250 °F (fan) for about 2 hours. Let the layers cool.

As she wrote it

Her page in the recipe book
Hvítur Marengs
(2 botnar)
4 eggjahv. - 210 gr. sykur - 1/2 tsk. edik
Hvítur + ca. 100 gr. sykur > þeytt vel síðan rest og edik. 125°C (m/blæstri) í ca. 2 klst.