Microwave meringues from beautifulgirls

dairy free nut free kids can help can make in advance vegetarian low fat
Category
Cake and dessert recipes
Serves4-6 easily
Prep time About 5 mins
Cook time1-2 mins

Mumsnetter ratings

based on (4) reviews
Ease of finding ingredients 10
Ease of cooking7.5
Success with kids10
Success with adults8.5
Overall Mark 9

Ingredients

Icing sugar, egg white from one egg

Handy Hint

I usually find using 3-4 plates in rotation helps prevent these from getting too hot. The meringues can be hot inside so allow to cool before eating. Serve with cream, ice cream or fruit - or all three.

Method

Separate the egg white from one egg.

Mix in icing sugar until the consistency is mould-able in your hands - none of the faff of whisking up the white and folding in the icing sugar!

Roll small amounts of the mixture into marble sized balls and place 4 of these spaced out onto kitchen roll on a cold plate.

Place in the microwave for 1-2 minutes on full power and watch in amazement.

Once they have grown they will need about a further 20-30 seconds to dry out in the middle.

The exact time will depend upon the power of your microwave.

Mumsnetter Reviews

From: loler on Fri 27-Feb-09 14:47:12 Overall rating: 8.0
Mine rose really nicely but collapsed. Left them in longer and they burnt in the middle - taste nice but look awful. Don't know what I did wrong?
From: KatyMac on Sun 27-Jan-08 13:29:11 Overall rating: 0.0
Break the egg on a small plate - then put an eggcup over the yolk & tip up over a bowl - even a fairly ham-fisted child can manage this from about 7/8 upwards
From: Carmenere on Sun 27-Jan-08 11:27:17 Overall rating: 10.0
Wow, these actually work pretty well!! The shape is a bit irregular but they are stunningly easy and my dd is currently chomping one. I am going to start a thread directing people to this recipe as it is so easy and delicious. Thanks
From: beautifulgirls on Thu 24-Jan-08 10:36:13 Overall rating: 0.0
I used to make these as a kid from about the age of 10, and the only difficult bit for a kid is separating the egg white off in the first place. I have had my toddler and preschooler "helping" to a degree with this though it can be messy with the younger once stirring in icing sugar!!



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