Recipe Roundup- pink Meringues

Recipe: super cute pink meringues
By Naomi from Hello Naomi 

makes approx 16

prep time 15 min

cooking time 1hr

ingredients:

4 large free range egg whites

1 cup of castor sugar

1 vanilla bean

rose pink food colouring (few drops)

rose water (approx 1 tsp) optional

icing sugar for dusting

method:

• pre heat oven to 90 deg C fan forced
• line 2 trays with baking paper
• in electric mixer beat egg whites on high until frothy
• still on high gradually add all of the sugar 
• keep beating until stiff peaks form 
• mix in seeds from vanilla bean, colouring and rose water(optional)
• spoon large dollops of the meringue onto the baking tray
• use a palette knife to shape
• bake at a low temp until they are have thick crust and are light to pick up (approx 1 hr) 
• let them cool in the oven with temp off and door ajar 

to decorate- dust with icing sugar or to make mini pavlovas serve with cream, strawberries and passionfruit- yum!