Italian Meringue

Italian meringue is a meringue made by whipping together egg whites and hot sugar syrup.

Ingredients

• 4 oz (125 ml) water
• 8 oz (250 g) egg whites
• 1 lb (500 g) granulated sugar

Steps

1. In a saucepan, dissolve the sugar in the water and bring to a boil.
2. Boil the syrup until it reaches 243°F (117°C).
3. While the syrup is boiling, whip the egg whites to soft peaks.
4. While beating, gradually pour the syrup into the egg whites in a steady stream.
5. Continue whipping until the meringue is completely cool and forms firm peaks.
6. Use as desired.

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Adapted from “Italian Meringue” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.