Christmas tree meringues recipe
Created by The Tesco Recipes team
Sprinkled with hundreds and thousands and topped with a star, these wonderful Christmas tree meringues will definitely get you in the festive spirit. They're easy to make and deliciously sweet, perfect for a Christmas treat or edible gift.
See method- Serves 12
- 15 mins to prepare and 1 hour to cook, plus cooling
- 93 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 4 egg whites
- 250g caster sugar
- green food colouring gel
- hundreds and thousands
- 12 yellow stars from 1 x tub multi-coloured stars
Each serving contains
- Energy
- 400kJ 93.0kcal
- Fat
- 0g
- Saturates
- 0g
- Salt
- 0.1g
- Sugars
- 23g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 23.2gProtein 1.2gFibre 0.0g
Method
- Preheat the oven to gas ½, 120°C, fan 100°C and line 2 baking sheets with nonstick baking paper.
- In a large bowl, whisk the egg whites with a hand-held mixer until soft peaks form. Gradually add half the sugar, 1-2 tbsp at a time, whisking well between each addition. Mix in the green food colouring, and then add the remaining sugar and whisk until stiff peaks form and the meringue is glossy.
- Spoon the meringue into a large piping bag fitted with a star nozzle. Pipe Christmas trees onto the lined baking sheets, sprinkle over a few hundreds and thousands, and then top each tree with a yellow star.
- Bake for 1 hr until the meringues are crisp and dry. Turn the oven off, prop the door open a little and leaves the meringues inside to cool for an hr – this will prevent them from cracking as they cool. Remove from the oven and leave to cool completely before removing from the baking paper.
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