Meringue w orange curd and sugared cranberries
This is a stunning recipe for meringue with orange curd and sugared cranberries. This is a gorgeous dessert for winter parties and christmas table. Get baking now!
Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour hour 15 minutes minutes
Total Time: 1 hour hour 45 minutes minutes
Course: Dessert, parties, Snacks, Tea Time
Cuisine: European, French, Swiss, Western
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 273kcal
Author: Kanwal Kaur
Make Meringue
- 120 gram egg whites about four small eggs
- 240 gram white caster sugar
- 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
- 3/4 tsp cornflour
- 1/8 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Make Mango Curd
- 75 ml orange juice
- 1 tbsp orange zest
- 1 egg
- 75 gram sugar
- 75 gram butter unsalted
- 1/2 tbsp cornstarch or arrow root powder
Sugared Cranberries
- 250 gram cranberries
- 1 cup white granulated sugar
Make sure to measure the ingredients as you need the exact amount for this recipe.
It's extremely important that all the utensils that use are completely dry and don't even have a hint of grease. A small amount of water and grease will destroy the meringues. I rub all the bowls, mixer blades, cutlery and piping bags with lime or lemon to remove grease from the pan and then use a dry dish cloth to remove any lemon residue.
Pre-heat the oven to 175 degree centrigrade
Spread the sugar in a baking pan and place it in the oven for seven minutes
Remove sugar from the oven and mix in the corn flour and baking powder
In parallel, start beating the egg whites using the whisk attachment on an electric mixer. Make sure that there is not even a hin of egg yolk as it will destroy the meringue. Whisk on low speed for 1-2 minutes until the eggs are foamy.
Add cream of tartar
Start beating at medium high speed for 2-3 minutes until the stiff peaks form. Stiff peaks are formed when the eggs turn completely white in colour and start to hold shape
Then start adding sugar one tablespoon at a time to the egg whites. Make sure to bring the mixture back to stiff peaks after each spoonful of sugar
This should take about 6-7 minutes in total (when using a hand-held electric whisk)
Mix in the vanilla essence (optional)
Pour the meringue mix on a parchment paper.
Mold it in the shape of about 6 inch round cake. Then mold it in the shape of a volcano with a little well on the top for adding fruits - see pictures. Make sure that the parchment paper is wider than the base of the meringue as the meringue will expand during baking.
If you want to add colour to the meringue, take aside 2-3 tbsp of the meringue and mix in the food colour of your choice. It's much better to use gel food colour for meringues.
Turn the oven temperature down to 100 degrees centrigrade
Bake the meringue for little over one hour. At no point, the oven door should be opened as it will produce cracks.
After turning off the oven, I leave the meringue overnigth in the oven and open the oven door only in the morning. If you want, you can take meringue out after few hours in the oven
Meringue can be made 2-3 days in advance. Store it in a cool, dry place
Make Orange (Clemnetine) Curd
Beat the eggs and set it aside
Mix in clementine juice and cornstarch until it's smooth paste
Set a thick bottom pan on low heat and add in sugar, clementine juice and cornstarch
Cook, stirring it constantly, until the mixture thickens and is bubbling. About 2-3 minutes
Pour the hot mix in the beaten eggs while whisking furiously (it's super important to make sure the eggs don't turn into solids)
Return the mix to the heat until it thickens, about 2-3 minutes. Keep stirring continuously
Remove the mix from the heat and add in butter. Whisk until the butter melts
Curd can be made in advance and kept in the fridge for a day
Assemble the Meringue
Whip double cream until it's ligth and fluffy
When ready to serve, gently tap the merigue to break it into smaller pieces
Serve it topped with whipped double cream, orange curd, sugared cranberries, walnuts and fresh oranges
Make Sugared Cranberries
Make sure to remove all the browned and softened cranberries. These cranberries will not taste good
Add 1/3 cup of sugar to the pan and water to the pan and bring it to boil
Simmer for 6-7 minutes for the syrup to thicken . Turn off the heat
Add cranberries to the sugar syrup in batches so that they are fully coated with the sugar syrup
Spread the cranberries in a single layer on a parchment lined tray. Let me them coo for an hour
Roll the cranberries in the remaining sugar. Do this step in batches so that cranberries are full coated
Note: It is extremely important to use the baking sheet to line the baking tray and not aluminium foil as the foil prevents the meringue from expanding.
Before making the meringue, make sure to clean all the cooking utensils even the whisk with lime or lemon juice as it removes all grease and then use a cloth to dry them
Sodium: 47mg | Calcium: 46mg | Vitamin C: 33mg | Vitamin A: 1328IU | Sugar: 41g | Fiber: 7g | Potassium: 377mg | Cholesterol: 57mg | Calories: 273kcal | Saturated Fat: 4g | Fat: 8g | Protein: 4g | Carbohydrates: 49g | Iron: 1mg