If you've ever been to Yotam Ottolenghi's eponymous restaurants in London then these Raspberry Meringues will be no stranger to you. You can't help but notice how the pink, billowy clouds of goodness stand out among all the other baked goods on display. I distinctly remember being mesmerized by them the first time I visited the Westbourne Grove location many years ago. Back then I never even bothered trying the meringues; call it a temporary lapse in judgement. Now, years later, I'd finally gotten around to making a copycat version for myself and I was so pleased with the results.
It
all came about because I was in search of a dessert that was elegant,
light and refreshing for a dinner I recently hosted. I had a ton of egg
whites sitting in my fridge just waiting to be used and pavlovas
immediately popped in to my head. The meringue dessert topped with
fresh whipped cream and berries sounded like just the ticket.
I turned to my friends at Cook's Illustrated
and found their recipe for pavlovas. As I was whipping up the Swiss
meringue an image of Ottolenghi's fruity meringues popped in to my
head. Fortuitously I also had a bag of Trader Joe's freeze dried raspberries in my cupboard. Bingo! Combine the two and you get a very
legitimate replica to the original.
Makes 10 meringue
1 1/2 cups (10 oz) sugar
3/4 cup (6 oz) egg whites, from 5-7 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons distilled white vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 tablespoons freeze dried raspberry powder, plus more for dusting
Adjust oven racks to upper-middle and lower-middle positions and heat
oven to 250 degrees.
Combine sugar and egg whites in bowl of stand
mixer; place bowl over saucepan filled with 1 inch simmering water,
making sure that water does not touch bottom of bowl. Whisking gently
but constantly, heat until sugar is dissolved and mixture registers 160
degrees, 5 to 8 minutes.
Fit stand mixer with whisk attachment and whip mixture on high speed
until meringue forms stiff peaks, is smooth and creamy, and is bright
white with sheen, about 4 minutes (bowl may still be slightly warm to
touch). Stop mixer and scrape down bowl with spatula. Add vinegar,
cornstarch, vanilla and raspberry powder and whip on high speed until combined, about 10
seconds.
Spoon about ¼ teaspoon meringue onto each corner of 2 rimmed baking
sheets. Line sheets with parchment paper, pressing on corners to secure.
Spoon heaping ½ cup meringue into 5 evenly spaced piles on each sheet.
Spread each meringue pile with back of spoon to form 3½-inch disk with
slight depression in center. Sprinkle raspberry powder on top, if desired.
Bake meringues until exteriors are dry and crisp and meringues release
cleanly from parchment when gently lifted at edges with thin metal
spatula, about 50 minutes. Meringues should be quite pale (a hint of
creamy color is OK). Turn off oven, prop door open with wooden spoon,
and let meringues cool in oven for 1½ hours. Remove from oven and let
cool completely before topping, about 15 minutes. (Cooled meringues can
be wrapped tightly in plastic wrap and stored at room temperature for up
to 1 week.)
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