These Meringues with Dulce de Leche are one of the cookies that never fails to be at the Christmas table in my grandmother’s house. Cookies have always been the favorite part of Christmas for me, even more than the presents. Seeing the table all fill with cookies was a magical thing and a yummy thing, of course.
A table of traditional cookies is a traditional addition to many celebrations in Chile: birthdays, baptisms, weddings, and more.
Originally published in December 2012.
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Meringues with Dulce de Leche
for 30
Ingredients:
- 3 large egg whites (room temperature)
- 1/2 cup fine granulated sugar
- a pinch of salt
- dulce de leche La Lechera
Preparation:
- Before you make the meringue, cover 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or Silpat.
- Preheat oven to 200F or 100 C.
- Put the egg whites in a large bowl with the salt and beat at medium speed until soft peaks form. Add sugar slowly while beating continuously at medium speed, then continue beating on high speed for about 8-10 minutes, until it looks silky, rub between your fingers you shouldn’t feel any grain of sugar.
- Put the meringue in a Ziploc bag or pastry bag with a round tip or a star tip. I used an Ateco # 846.
- Bake for 1 ½ hour, the meringues should feel dry to the touch, but not brown. Allow cooling in the oven. Once cooled peel from the paper and stored for up to 2-3 days. The meringue is fragile, do it gently. If you live in a humid climate, freeze.
- Paste with dulce de leche and serve.
How in advance can they be made?
Thank you
Maria
Depends, if you live in a dry weather place 10 days and just keep on an airtight container. In humid weather, this recipe doesn’t always work and it’s almost impossible to storage.
Can I allow them to cool off outside of the oven? I only have one baking pan
Not really, the keep on baking on the cooling oven.
This is from Argentina
This is Chilean.