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meringues in the dehydrator???

 
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You can cook meringues in the dehydrator?  
Someone mentioned this on another thread.  Anyone tried it?  Favourite recipe?  
 
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The recipe is from my ancient UK-version Good Housekeeping Cookery Book:

2 egg whites
100g caster sugar (N American regular sugar is fine, it's finer than UK granulated sugar but a bit coarser then caster)

Whisk the egg whites very stiffly, add half the sugar and whisk again till the mixture regains its former stiffness. Lastly, fold in the remaining sugar very lightly, using a metal spoon.



I actually use the electric beater for both halves of the sugar, so the meringue is not quite as fluffy but still good. I normally just drop by spoonfuls on fruit leather sheets, but have made full size and individual disks for pavlovas too. Even on 140 F, the dehydrator doesn't cause them to crack and split like they do in the oven even on its lowest setting. They take multiple hours... I'm remembering 4 or so, but haven't done it for a while.

Dried strawberries, dried really crisp and ground to powder, then mixed into the sugar before making the meringue, are amazing. Probably good with other fruits that can be dried crisp. Cocoa works too.
 
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