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Individual Fruit Meringues

Recipe Submitted By: bakingmad

These individual Fruit Meringues are absolutley amazing, they're so fruity! Perfect for a dinner party.

	For the meringues:
4	Free Range Eggs (Happy Eggs) Large Egg Whites
225 grams	Golden Caster Sugar (Billington's)
1 tsp	Pure Vanilla Extract Blend (Nielsen-Massey)
75 grams	Dried berries

142 ml	Double cream
	Summer berries of your choice

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Preheat your oven to 140°C/Gas 1. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper.
Whisk the egg whites until they form stiff peaks then gradually add the sugar and continue to whisk for a further 5 minutes until the mixture is stiff and glossy. Then carefully fold in the vanilla essence.
Using a metal spoon gently fold in the berries.
Spoon the meringue onto the greaseproof paper. You could smooth the centre with the back of a teaspoon, this is where the filling will go, or leave as a rounded mound. Repeat for the 8 meringues.
Bake in the oven for 1 ½ hours, then turn the oven off and leave the meringues inside until completely cool.
To serve, whip the cream until stiff and spoon onto the meringues topping with the fruit of your choice
To serve, whip the cream until stiff and spoon onto the meringues topping with the fruit of your choice