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Peach Meringue
Ingredients:
- 3 large ripe peaches
- 1/3 cup caster sugar
- 185 ml (6.20 fl oz) water
- 1/2 icing sugar
- 2 egg whites
- 20 cm (8 inches) cake base
- 250 g (8.8 oz) strawberries
- hulled whipped cream
Procedure:
- Peel and slice the peaches into half.
- In a pan, dissolve sugar in the water and bring to boil for 4-5 minutes.
- Reduce heat.
- Add peach halves and cook gently for 8-10 minutes.
- Beat egg whites until stiff and mix in icing sugar.
- Cover an oven tray with greaseproof paper and drop on it 6 large spoonfuls of the meringue mixture.
- Pre-heat oven.
- Cook the mixture in a pre-heated very hot oven for 4-5 minutes until lightly brown.
- Remove meringues from the oven and cool.
- Take the peach halves off the syrup.
- Cool and arrange on the cake base.
- Top each peach with a meringue and put strawberries around.
- Chill and serve with whipped cream.
From: www.dessertrecipes.org.uk
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