Meringues are desserts made from egg whites and sugar. After beating them together to stiff peaks, they can be pipped into different shapes as shown in the pictures above. Then, they are baked in an 100 degrees oven for 2hrs or more depending on the size of the meringues. The thicker it is, the longer the time required. It is ready when it can be peeled off from the parchment paper easily. Its a simple but yet time consuming. Nevertheless, the time can be used for making the sauce. The salty caramel chocolate sauce is one example but it is just as nice without. The baked meringues are very crispy at the first bite and melts immediately in your mouth, turning it into a hard candy inside. Meringues are available at high-end dessert shops like Da Paolo gastronomia and Canele patisserie and costs about 2-3 dollars each. Try it for yourself and tell me how it taste to you.
I learnt baking meringues at shermay's cooking school from chef Joycelyn Shu http://brandoesq.blogspot.com/ and tried baking some for my friends. But, it did not turn out as well as Joycelyn's so, I emailed her and asked her about the problems I faced during the course of baking. I will try again next time and improve on it!
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