Lemon meringue muffins

For the Dominican folk dance and the music it is performed to, see merengue. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 859 KB) Lemon Meringue Muffins Photographer: Lotus Head Source: sxc. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 859 KB) Lemon Meringue Muffins Photographer: Lotus Head Source: sxc. ... Merengue can mean either: A style of music originating in the Dominican Republic; see merengue (music) A related style of dance; see merengue (dance) A style of vallenato music from Colombia See also meringue, a type of dessert (which is called merengue in Spanish). ...

Meringue is a type of dessert, originally from France, made from whipped egg whites and caster sugar. Some meringue recipes call for adding a binding agent such as cream of tartar. Meringues are often flavoured with a small amount of essence, e.g., almond or coconut. They are very light and airy and extremely sweet. It is believed that Meringue was invented in the Swiss town of Meiringen by an Italian chef named Gasparini (legend varies in regard to the date of invention, between 1600 and 1720). A selection of desserts Dessert is a course that typically comes at the end of a dinner, usually consisting of sweet food but sometimes of a strongly-flavored one, such as some cheeses. ... Whipping is a cooking technique that involves incorporating as much air as possible into the mixture of ingredients. ... Albumen redirects here. ... This article deals with sugar as food and as an important, widely traded commodity; the word also has other uses; see Sugar (disambiguation) A sugar is a form of carbohydrate; the most commonly used sugar is a white crystalline solid, sucrose; used to alter the flavor and properties (mouthfeel, perservation... Cream of tartar is the potassium salt of tartaric acid, KHC4H4O6. ... Statue of Holmes outside the English Church Meiringen (46°44′ N 8°11′ E, 595 m; population 4,740 as of 2004) is a town in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland, the administrative capital of the Oberhasli district of the canton of Bern. ...

Meringues used like cookies are baked at a very low heat for a long time. One name for them is "Forgotten Cookies"; with a gas stove, you can turn off the heat and forget about them until morning. They are not supposed to be browned at all, but they need to be very crisp and dry. Cooked meringue cannot be refrigerated or it will become soggy. It will keep for at least a week in an airtight container.

Meringue can be used as the basis for various other desserts including angel food cake, Pavlova (food), baked Alaska, Queen of Puddings and lemon meringue pie. In these cases, the meringue may be cooked at a higher temperature for a shorter amount of time, resulting in a soft meringue with slightly browned peaks on top. Angel cake is a type of cake that became popular in the U.S. in the 19th century. ... A pavlova bought from a Foodtown in New Zealand. ... Baked Alaska (also known as glace au four, omelette á la norvégienne, Norwegian omelette and omelette surprise) is a dessert made of ice cream (ideally straight from the freezer) placed in a pie dish lined with slices of sponge cake or Christmas pudding and topped with meringue. ... Queen of Puddings is a traditional British dessert, consisting of a baked, breadcrumb-thickened egg custard, spread with jam and topped with meringue. ... Lemon meringue pie is a dessert made with a pastry base, lemon curd filling and a fluffy meringue topping. ...