Strawberry Meringues

Total Time: 3 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 egg whites
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 dash salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 quart strawberry
• sugar (optional)
• 2 ounces semisweet chocolate
• 2 teaspoons butter or 2 teaspoons margarine
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 place egg whites in small mixwer bowl; let stand at room temperature for about 1 hour.
• 2 cover baking sheets with parchment paper. draw eight 3-inch circles on parchment paper.
• 3 for meringue, combine egg whites, vanilla, cream of tartar, and salt.
• 4 beat till soft peaks form.
• 5 gradually add 1 cup sugar, beating until stiff peaks form.
• 6 spread meringue over the 8 circles, using about 1/3 cup for each. using back of spoon, shape into shells.
• 7 bake in 275º oven for 1 hour. for crisper meringues, turn oven off; dry meringue shells in oven with door closed about 1 hour. peel off paper.
• 8 halve strawberries; sweeten with a little sugar, if desired.
• 9 melt chocolate and butter; cool.
• 10 combine whipping cream and powdered sugar; beat until stiff peaks form.
• 11 to assemble, drizzle aoubt 1 teaspoon of the cooled chocolate mixture over each shell.
• 12 reserve about 1/2 cup of the whipped cream for garnish;divide remainder evenly among the shells.
• 13 top with the halved strawberries. garnish with reserved whipped cream.