Vegan Meringues Food

VEGAN MERINGUES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 210 degrees F (100 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with baking parchment.
• Drain chickpeas, reserving 1/2 cup liquid from the can. Save the chickpeas for another use. Pour chickpea liquid into a bowl and add the cream of tartar. Beat mixture using an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, as you continually beat until glossy peaks form, about 20 minutes; beat in vanilla extract until well incorporated.
• Spoon mixture into a piping bag and pipe into small circles, about 1 inch in diameter, onto the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until meringues are firm and come away easily from the parchment paper, about 90 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely, at least 15 minutes.

VEGAN MERINGUES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 110C/90C fan/gas ¼ and line a baking tray with baking parchment. Drain the can of chickpeas over a bowl, saving the chickpeas for another recipe.
• Using an electric whisk, beat the chickpea water until soft peaks form (similar to egg whites). Add the sugar a little at a time, whisking constantly until thick and glossy. This step is crucial to helping the meringues hold their shape and you'll be whisking for up to 10 mins - far longer than for a traditional meringue.
• Spoon or pipe the meringue mixture over the tray in 8cm blobs. Bake for 1 hr 15 mins until crisp. Leave to cool, then pile with the soya cream and fruit, if using.

VEGAN ROSE MERINGUES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200 degrees F (95 degrees C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Combine aquafaba, rose water, lemon juice, and cream of tartar in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until fluffy, 10 to 30 minutes. Increase speed to high and beat, gradually adding confectioners' sugar, until meringue holds stiff peaks, about 10 minutes. Scoop meringue into a piping bag fitted with a round tip.
• Pipe small mounds of meringue onto prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven, rotating sheets halfway through, until meringues are dry and firm, 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Turn off oven; keep meringues inside until cooled.

VEGAN LEMON MERINGUE PIE

Steps:

• lemon filling:.
• Place water, tofu, sugar, cornstarch, oil and salt in a blender.
• Process until smooth.
• Pour into a 2 qt sauce pan over medium heat.
• Bring to a boil, stirring constantly with a wire whisk.
• After the mixture thickens reduce heat to low and continue cooking and stirring for 1 minute longer.
• Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice and zest.
• Pour hot filling into pie crust.
• Cover the top of the pie with waxed paper to prevent a skin from forming.
• Chill the pie for 8 hours or overnight.
• Just before serving, remove the waxed paper.
• Spread the top with tofu whipped topping.
• You can substitute lime for lemon.
• tofu whipped topping:.
• Place all of the ingredients in the blender and process for several minutes until completely smooth.

VEGAN MERINGUES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
• Strain the chickpeas directly into the bowl of a stand mixer. There should be about 3/4 cup liquid; reserve the chickpeas for another use. Add the cream of tartar and a pinch of salt to the liquid, and beat on medium-high speed until very foamy. While still beating, add the sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, then continue to beat until the mixture forms stiff and glossy peaks, about 4 minutes.
• Transfer the mixture to a large pastry bag fitted with a large star or round tip, and pipe 2-inch mounds about 2 inches apart onto the prepared baking sheets. Bake until the meringues are set and no longer glossy, about 2 hours, rotating the trays (from top to bottom) halfway through. Turn the oven off, and let the meringues sit in the closed oven until they have dried out inside, about 1 hour more. (The meringues will keep in an airtight container for up to 3 days.)