An original treat for children – pitted meringue! Such sugar “bones” can be prepared for any children’s holiday, but they will look most appropriate as a treat for Halloween.
Ingredients
Egg whites – 3 pcs. (90 g) Sugar – 180 g Lemon juice – 2 teaspoon.
Directions
Prepare the required ingredients.
Divide the eggs into whites and yolks. We don’t need yolks. Make sure that not a drop of yolk gets into the whites. Pour the egg whites into a clean, dry bowl.
Measure out the sugar and add it to the egg whites. When calculating the amount of sugar, be guided by the fact that the ratio of protein to sugar should be 1: 2, i.e. sugar should be taken twice as much by weight as proteins. I had 3 egg whites weighed 90 grams, I took 180 grams of sugar.
Whisk the whites with the sugar and place in a steam bath. For a steam bath, pour water about 2 fingers into a saucepan, bring it to a boil, turn the heat to medium, put a bowl of sugar and protein mixture on the saucepan, making sure that the bottom of the bowl does not touch the water. Whisk the mixture all the time until the sugar crystals disappear. This will take about 5 minutes.
Pour the protein mixture into another bowl, it will have a temperature of about 60 degrees. For whipping the meringue, I used the kitchen machine, a large, round whisk for whipping. You can beat the meringue with a mixer, but this will take more time.
Beat the protein mixture until it cools, and the meringue acquires a dense white color, glossiness, and the grooves from the mixer are not clear. Pour in the lemon juice about halfway through the whipping process.
Transfer the meringue to a piping bag with a circular nozzle.
The dia of my nozzle is 1.3 cm.
Place the meringue on a baking sheet lined with baking parchment to simulate bones.
Dry the meringue in an oven preheated to 75-80 degrees for about 2 hours. The meringues should be completely dry, easily peeled off the parchment.