French meringue with tartar

1. We prepare the necessary ingredients and tools. Of the latter, you will need: wooden skewers, a cooking bag with a nozzle "asterisk". If you plan to paint the meringues completely in any color, it is better to take a dry dye. For partial coloring, you can use a liquid dye, which is applied with a strip on the cooking bag. The dye can not be added at all - meringues will be beautiful without it.

2. Turn on the oven to heat up to 90 degrees Celsius. We take a wide flat baking sheet and cover it with parchment.

3. We start whipping proteins, for which it is best to use a glass container. Beat at medium speed to a light foam, then switch the speed to high and start adding sugar - a little bit, whisking each time. The sugar crystals should completely dissolve.

4. Add the tartar - literally a pinch, on the tip of the knife. It is needed in order to stabilize proteins.

5. Now we begin to introduce powdered sugar - in the same way as sugar, adding parts and whipping each time until dissolved. It must be remembered that it is necessary to beat the mixture to "solid peaks". Moreover, even if not all the sugar has dissolved, the whipping process must be stopped at this stage - "solid peaks". What is it? When the proteins are well whipped and the mass shines, and if you tilt the whipping container, the proteins do not flow out. At the same time, if the corolla is lifted above the mass, it will reach for it, forming these "solid peaks". That is, this is the stage when the whipped whites reach the maximum volume.

6. If you are going to use food coloring, then it's time to add it.

7. Whipped whites are carefully placed in a pastry bag. We begin to plant meringues. From the cooking bag without a nozzle, moving it in a spiral, squeeze out the proteins on a baking sheet. Then carefully insert the skewers into the meringues. Also, without a nozzle, you can plant small meringues in the space between the large ones. With the help of the "asterisk" nozzle, we plant meringues of a classic shape.

8. Put the baking sheet in the oven for about 40 minutes. The time depends on the desired result, as well as the size of the meringue. The longer they are in the oven, the drier they become.

That's it! Have a nice tea party!