Meringue Tutorial

[cakecrumbs]

Meringue is one of those Achilles' heel things for a lot of bakers. So many people have trouble with it or flat out avoid it because they are afraid of it. I'm here to tell you that it doesn't have to be scary. It's actually a really simple thing to make.

Comments

[cdejonge]

Great tutorial! A bit of a science lesson there too. ;)

[cakecrumbs]

Baking is science. ;)

[rieyll]

Thanks for this tutorial! I especially love that you showed the different stages of meringue. Also, thank you for the information on the 1 egg white : 1/4 cup sugar ratio. Sometimes when I use recipes that calls for one egg yolk, I'm like, what do I do with this one egg white? Also, since my oven is tiny, using only one egg white means I can bake a manageable number of meringues at one time! Yay!

[cakecrumbs]

I'm glad it helped! It's so much easier in the kitchen when you can remember rations. I really should make a habit of learning more of them.

[akutati]

This is great, thank you! My macarons fail 2/3 of the time I make them, and now I think I know why - no one ever told me about the thing with plastic bowls!

Also, as someone already mentioned, the rations thing is cool. I only know the rations for a very simple and basic cake...somebody should make a book full of tables about rations in cooking!

[cakecrumbs]

I'm glad it helped! I agree re: the ratios, I wonder if there is a book on them. Maybe I should do some research and write a post on ratios.

[rachelpage]

Great tutorial. Thank you for the tips.