Meringues

 Recipe from chef patrick

Ingredients :
Recipe for about 10 small meringues :

4 egg whites
250g caster sugar
1 packet vanilla sugar

Direction :
Prepare a double boiler and place a bowl over it. Put your egg whites along with the sugar and vanilla sugar into the bowl.
Whisk this egg whites until you obtain a firm, stiff, fluffy foam.
Take the bowl off the bain-marie and keep whisking the eggs until they have totally cool down.
Start your oven at 80C (176F).
Lay your meringues with a piping bag, giving them the shape that you want. Put them in the oven. Keep the oven door ajar with a cork.

The meringues are cooked when you'll be able to hear them crackle a little and they will come off your baking tray by themselves.