This Love Heart Meringues recipe is a perfect treat for Valentines day. They are sweet to eat, and sweet on the eyes too since they are so cute and pretty!
Love Heart Meringues for Valentine’s Day
Makes: 2 pairs
Prep time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
Ingredients for the Love Heart Meringues
For the meringues
- 60g (2½oz) Tate & Lyle Fairtrade Golden Caster Sugar
- 1 large egg white, about 30g (1¼oz)
- Squires Kitchen mint green paste food colour
For the filling
- 65ml (2½floz) double cream
- 110g (4oz) jar cherry compôte
- Tate & Lyle Fairtrade Icing Sugar, for dusting
- Squires Kitchen crystallised natural whole roses
You will also need
- 2 baking trays lined with parchment paper
- a 8cm (3¼”) heart-shaped cutter
- a piping bag fitted with a star nozzle.
Method : How to make your Love Heart Meringues
- Preheat the oven to 200°C/Fan180°, 400°F, Gas 6.
- Using the cutter, draw 4 heart shapes with a pencil on the 1 of the sheets of parchment paper, spaced apart as the meringues will spread a little.
- Turn the paper over so you don’t get pencil on the undersides of the meringues.
- Tip the sugar onto the remaining baking tray and spread it out in an even layer.
- Warm through on the middle shelf of the oven for about 3-4 minutes or until the sugar feel hot to touch and has lightly coloured, stirring once. Don’t let it caramelize.
- Pour into a small bowl.
- Reduce the oven heat down to its lowest, 110°C/Fan90°C, 225°F, Gas ¼.
- As soon as the sugar is ready, using an electric mixer, add the white to the bowl and whisk at high speed until it is light and foamy, for about 1 minute.
- Slowly add the hot sugar, a dessert spoon at a time, and continue whisking until the mixture has cooled and is very thick and glossy. Scrape down the sides halfway through. This will take about 5 minutes.
- Using a fine skewer or toothpick, add a little of the colouring, briefly whisk again and check that it’s the colour you’d like, if not, add some more.
- Use a little of the meringue to stick down the paper on the baking tray. Spoon the mixture into the piping bag and pipe the heart shapes.
- Bake on the middle shelf of the oven for 55-60 minutes. The meringues are ready when they are crisp on the outside and the bases are dry and not at all sticky.
- Turn off the oven and leave them to cool in the oven for a few hours or overnight.
- To assemble, lightly whisk the cream, divide between half of the meringue hearts, spoon on the cherry compôte, then top with the remaining hearts.
- Arrange on plates, lightly dust with Tate & Lyle Fairtrade Icing Sugar, decorate with the crystallised roses and serve.
Make-ahead
The meringues can be made up to 2 weeks ahead and stored in an air-tight container.
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Thanks to www.tasteandsmile.com for the recipe. Image used with permission.
February 13, 2014 @ 3:35 am
wow, they look amazing, far too good to share
February 13, 2014 @ 9:20 am
They look delicious!
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February 13, 2014 @ 12:33 pm
Wow – they look good! I’m on my way
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February 13, 2014 @ 12:42 pm
I love new recipes! This one is really creative. Looking forward to seeing more.
@auntygeek (Twitter)
February 13, 2014 @ 2:33 pm
They look lovely. Can’t wait to see yours!!!!
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February 13, 2014 @ 8:30 pm
these look great
February 14, 2014 @ 6:58 pm
Yummy, I could eat one of those right now
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February 14, 2014 @ 10:30 pm
We’re really getting into baking this year. We’ll give these a go this weekend. They seem pretty easy and look delicious.
February 14, 2014 @ 10:35 pm
Wow, they look and sound amazing! You are welcome to package some up and send them my way!
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February 14, 2014 @ 11:20 pm
These look really great. I’ve never made meringue, I’d like to give it a try.
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February 15, 2014 @ 8:24 am
These look so lovely Anna!!
February 15, 2014 @ 8:23 pm
Mmmm these look amazing, thanks for sharing, I’ll be trying these out.
February 17, 2014 @ 5:36 pm
These are so cute. Thanks for linking up with the Parenting Pin It Party this week.
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February 17, 2014 @ 7:12 pm
Oh they look gooood! Visiting via Mondays pin it party, pinned, you know I love to pin 😉
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February 18, 2014 @ 10:03 am
These meringues look beautiful, almost too good to eat.
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February 18, 2014 @ 10:39 am
They look delicious! #pintorials
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February 18, 2014 @ 11:00 am
Wow they look good, I’ve haven’t made meringues for ages, this is very tempting 🙂
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February 19, 2014 @ 7:25 pm
These look delicious!
February 20, 2014 @ 7:12 pm
WOW – Nothing could possibly look cuter than these meringues… WELL DONE!
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February 20, 2014 @ 7:47 pm
These look amazing!!! These would impress my husband for sure!
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March 12, 2014 @ 8:46 pm
These look so cute! Wish I had seen them a month ago. Ah well, will just have to have an extra romantic dinner night 🙂
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