To please guests and relatives for the New Year is the dream of any housewife. And if a beautiful, original and tasty treat can be made in advance - what could be more convenient? New Year meringue trees will please both adults and children. They can be a table decoration, and an element of the decor of the room, and a nice gift to your beloved people.
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With these small, pleasant 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 do them in advance, 1-2 weeks before the New 2016 year, while the holiday fuss has not yet begun.
In addition, the recipe for making Christmas meringue trees is very simple. The minimum of products used and the speed of cooking 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 meringue trees, you will need a pastry syringe or a pastry bag with a nozzle with a round hole or a star-hole, then the Christmas trees will turn out “with twigs”.
The method of preparation of herringbone meringues
1. Beat cold proteins until stable peaks (so that the mass does not leak when turning the bowl over), you can add salt or a few drops of lemon juice.
2. Continuing to beat, gradually add sugar. Add green food coloring. Beat until smooth.
3. Fill the syringe or pastry bag with the finished mass.
4. Turn on the oven 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 the last - the smallest balls - the top layer, the crown of the tree.
6. Decorate Christmas meringue with confectionery powder and place in the oven 120 degrees for an hour 20 minutes or an hour and a half.
Ready-made Christmas decorations for herring-meringues serve as 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 each guest with a beautiful wish.