Meringue biscuits

Light, airy and very sweet. Ah, meringue. . . Crispy, crumbly, tender or, conversely, soft inside like cotton candy, cookies with a ruddy crisp outside. . . Mmm, pleasure. . .

The word meringue of French origin is baiser, which literally means kiss. The meringue cookies are baked at low temperatures (not more than 108 ° C) for a long time. That is, we can say that it is not baked, but dried. By the way, after heat treatment, it can remain in the oven for a long time, for which the product was called the forgotten cookie.

The finished meringue should be dry and crisp, it does not differ in dark crust. It is not acceptable to store this confection in the refrigerator due to the fact that it fades out. But in sealed packaging, meringue cookies can be stored for about a week. The calorie content of meringue is about 304 kcal per hundred grams.

By the way, if meringue is used as the top layer of another dessert dish, it can be baked at higher temperatures and for a shorter time period. This meringue is softer and has baked tips. By the way, the taste of meringue cookies is perfectly combined with the tenderness of cream and the aroma of fresh berries and fruits.

Composition of meringue

The composition of meringue, like everything ingenious, is simple: chicken egg protein and granulated sugar. In addition, often when preparing this dessert, many culinary experts add natural vanilla, vanillin, essence with a similar aroma or vanilla sugar to give a characteristic smell.

However, in view of a certain method of preparing this sweet treat, the meringue composition often provides for the use of sugar syrup instead of sugar, in particular in hot form. Then, when whipped, the egg white is brewed.

Meringue benefits

The health benefits of meringue are that the base of this cookie is egg white, which is the richest source of niacin. And this substance, as you know, is necessary to stimulate the activity of the brain and its full-fledged work. There is also choline in this useful product, which has the ability to remove poisons and toxic substances from the liver, it also helps to improve memory.

Harm to meringue

By the way, a common opinion about the harm of eggs, and therefore the likely harm to meringue due to the increased amount of cholesterol and fat, can be said that these substances are completely absent in egg protein. This means that there is no adverse effect on the body from eating this cookie.