Mocha Meringues
"Light little cookies with a hint of coffee. It won't kill you to make them without cream of tartar. I made these on Christmas Eve, realized I had no cream of tartar, wasn't going to go out and get any (are you crazy?), did without and had a hit. Although it's probably better if you have some."
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
-
48 meringues
- Serves:
- 48
ingredients
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1⁄4 teaspoons instant coffee
- 4 egg whites, room temperature
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
directions
- Take your eggs out of the fridge and allow them to come to room temperature.
- Make sure you have two oven racks in your oven. Preheat oven to 250°F.
- In a small bowl, mix vanilla and instant coffee.
- In large bowl (or your mixer's bowl) add egg whites, cream of tartar and salt. Beat on medium speed until the eggs are frothy.
- Increase speed slightly and add sugar gradually but steadily.
- Beat mixture until stiff peaks form. This should take about 10 minutes.
- Add vanilla/coffee mixture and mix until combined. Decrease speed to low and add cocoa gradually until just incorporated.
- Using a pastry bag or ziploc bag with a corner cut off, pipe meringue onto two parchment lined cookie sheets. The mounds should be no less than half an inch apart and should each be about an inch across.
- Bake for 30 minutes, then switch the two baking sheets from one rack to the other.
- Bake for another 20 minutes until the meringues are dry. Turn off the oven and leave it slightly open while the meringues crisp for about an hour.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
horseplay
Dorval, Quebec
So basically, I cook two nights a week for a household of four adults including myself. Here are their dietary preferences:
Person #1) Eats no meat, but seafood ok.
Person #2) Eats no meat, seafood, eggs, cheese or fermented items.
Person #3) Dislikes veggies, ethnic foods, and dishes with a lot of sauce. No tofu (this makes feeding persons 1 and 2 very difficult). Loves meat.
Person #4) Dislikes cooked veggies (raw ok) and tofu. Dislikes onions and peppers of any kinds.
Usually I end up making a meat-n-potatoes dish one night a week to satisfy diners #3 and 4, since the no-meat rule of diners #1 and 2 is a dietary thing, not moral/ethical, so they are okay with me picking out chunks of meat from say, a stew, and replacing it with veggie meat in their plates. The other night I make something vegetarian - squash as a main dish or something with lentils and beans. As long as there's no tofu, diners #3 and 4 will eat it, albeit with little enthusiasm.
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