Meringue Cookies

 
Meringue Cookies are made with just two main ingredients egg whites and caster sugar.Egg whites and sugar make these meringue cookies light,airy and delicious.They melt in your mouth.Also it is low fat.You can also add nuts,chocolate chips or various other items to the mix.Make the cookies more cute by adding color of your choice.

Ingredients

Egg whites – 3

Caster sugar – ½ cup

Salt – ¼ tsp

Vanilla extract – ½ tsp

Method

1.Preheat the oven to 95 degree C. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. 

2. In the large bowl of your electric mixer, with the whisk attachment, beat the egg whites on low-medium speed until foamy. Add the salt continue to beat the whites until they hold soft peaks. 

3. Slowly add the sugar a little at a time and beat the egg whites until they holds very stiff peaks and looks very glossy.Beat in the vanilla extract.

4. Transfer the meringue to a pastry bag fitted with a with a large round tip or star tip. Pipe the meringue in rows on the prepared baking sheet with a couple inches apart.Or you can spoon mounds of meringue, using two spoons, onto the prepared sheets. Sprinkle the top with some grated coconut or shaved almonds,if desired.

5. Bake them for approximately 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours, rotating the baking sheet from front to back to ensure even baking. Turn the oven off and let them cool and dry out with the oven door shut for 3 hours or overnight.

 Serve with dollop of whipped cream and fresh fruits.

The meringues are done when they are pale in color and crisp. Also it will  release easily from the parchment paper.Texture of the meringues is crispy at the outer portion and inner portion is almost soft like marshmallows.Store them in an airtight container at room temperature for a couple weeks.

Mango & Custard Verrines

Verrines can be sweet or savory and can be anything from an appetizer to a dessert which is layered in a small glass.This is a 4 layer dessert with vanilla custard and mango.A very simple delicious dessert.Custard and mango combo makes this dessert yumm!!!!

 

Ingredients

Milk – 1 cup

Custard powder – 1 ½ tbs (mixed with little water)

Sugar – 5 tbs( adjust according to your taste )

Unflavoured gelatin   – 1 tsp

Ripe mangoes – 2

Cherry -2

Method

1.In a small bowl take 2 tbs of chilled water and sprinkle gelatin powder and leave it for few minutes.

2.Take a sauce pan and add milk and sugar,bring to boil over a medium heat.When it starts to boil,add the custard mixture and stir continuously until mixture becomes thick.

3. Remove the mixture from the heat and allow to cool.And pour half of the custard mixture into two serving dishes and keep it in the freezer for 5 mins.

4. Meantime take 1 mango and make mango pulp(make sure the mango is fully ripen and soft),blend mango with little water until smooth.(Use quality mangoes,it gives better taste)

5.Microwave soften gelatin for 30 seconds and stir it until gelatin melts.Then add the gelatin mixture into the thick mango pulp and mix it well.

6.Take out the custard from the freezer and pour half of the mango pulp on the top of  the custard and freeze it for 5 mins.Again do the same procedure.Thus it makes 4 layers.

7.Garnish with chopped mango and cherry and then refrigerate it.

Have this yummy dessert... 

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Microwave Caramel Custard

This is a very simple and quick dessert which is very tasty and creamy.Caramel custard is also baked and steamed,but this is done in microwave.Within 7 minutes pudding will be ready.

With this ingredients you can serve for 2.

 Recipe source :  ochikeron

Ingredients

Sugar – 2-3 tbs

Egg – 1

Milk – 2/3 cup (160 ml)

Vanilla extract – a few drops

For caramel

Sugar – 2 tsp

Water – 2 tsp

Hot water – 2tsp

Method

1. In a microwavable bowl, combine sugar and water.Microwave  for 2-3 minutes until it melts and gets brown color ( please check it after 2 minutes).

2.Quickly mix 2 tsp of hot water and divide the caramel into two medium size microwavable glass dish and set it aside.

3.In a bowl combine egg and sugar,then add milk and vanilla extract,stir well.Strain the mixture and pour it on top of the caramel.

5. Put the pudding dishes  in a microwavable container with water. Make sure water is filled up to the level of the pudding and does not spill over into the pudding. Then cover the whole thing with a plastic wrap.

6.Microwave it for 5-6 minutes until it starts to bubble.Check after 5 minutes because power settings for each microwave varies.Sometimes it takes 7 minutes.

7.Take out the pudding dish from the microwave and allow it to cool and chill it for 1 hour.

To serve, place a plate over the pudding dish  and turn over 

gently.And enjoy the caramel creamy pudding...

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