To please guests and relatives for the New Year is the dream of any hostess. And if a beautiful, original and tasty treat can be made in advance - what could be more convenient? Christmas trees-meringues will delight both adults and children. They can be a table decoration, an element of a room decor, and a nice gift to your loved ones.
With these cute little meringue trees, you can effortlessly create a New Year's atmosphere. In addition, meringues can be stored for up to two months (in a dry environment) without losing their taste and appearance. That is, you can make them in advance, 1-2 weeks before the New Year 2016, before the holiday fuss has not yet begun.
In addition, the recipe for making Christmas trees-meringues is very simple. The minimum of products used and the speed of preparation are additional advantages of this sweet decoration.
Ingredients:
- egg whites - 5 pcs.;
- a pinch of salt or lemon juice;
- granulated sugar - 200 g;
- green food coloring;
- powder confectionery.
Also, for the preparation of Christmas trees-meringues, you will need a pastry syringe or a pastry bag with a nozzle with a round hole or an asterisk hole, then the Christmas trees will turn out to be "with twigs".
Method for preparing Christmas trees-meringues
1. Beat cold whites until stable peaks (so that when the bowl is turned over, the mass does not flow out), you can add salt or a few drops of lemon juice.
2. Continuing to beat, add sugar little by little. Add green food coloring. Beat until smooth.
3. Fill a syringe or a pastry bag with the prepared mixture.
4. Turn on the oven at 120 degrees.
5. On a baking sheet covered with baking paper or a baking mat, gently squeeze out the bottom layer of Christmas trees - balls up to 3 cm in diameter, then the middle layer, a little smaller, and last - the smallest balls - the top layer, the crown of the Christmas tree.
6. Decorate the meringue Christmas trees with pastry powder and put in the oven at 120 degrees for an hour 20 minutes or an hour and a half.
Serve ready-made Christmas decorations for herringbone-meringue in the form of an independent dish, dessert, decoration for any dish on the table (just do not put them on a damp surface, for example, in a salad, otherwise the meringue will get wet).
Decorate the apartment with Christmas trees or wrap it in gift cellophane and present it to each guest with a beautiful wish.
