Recipe - Strawberries In Meringue Baskets

MERINGUE BASKETS
4 Egg whites
1/8 teaspoon Cream of tartar
One half cup Sugar
(preferably superfine)
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract

STRAWBERRIES
2 pt Strawberries
2 tablespoon Sugar
1 tablespoon Rose geranium leaves,
snipped

MERINGUE BASKETS:Beat egg whites until foamy. Add cream of tartar and
sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating well after each addition until
whites are stiff and glossy and sugar is completely dissolved. Fold in
vanilla.Spoon egg white mixture into pastry bag. Pipe whites onto
parchmentlined baking sheet in 6 3inch disks; smooth each disk with back
of spoon. Attach star tip to pastry bag and pipe whites around outside edge
of disk. Repeat twice to form threetiered side of basket. Bake at 250
degrees 1 hour. Turn off oven and leave meringues inside 6 more hours.
STRAWBERRIES:Wash and hull One half pint berries. Crush with fork in large bowl.
Add sugar and leaves and stir to combine well. Wash and hull remaining
berries, cutting into bitesized pieces. Combine with crushed berries and
spoon into meringue baskets. Formatted by Lynn Thomas dcqp82a. Source: Los
Angeles Times 41697. 6 servings. Each serving:121 calories; 39 mg sodium;
0 cholesterol; 0 fat; 28 grams carbohydrates; 3 grams protein; 0.53 grams
fiber.
Recipe by: Los Angeles Times 41697 Sent to me by "Jack C. Elvis"
jackelvis@moonlink.net so I could check them out for formatting errors,
originally posted to Prodigy.

By DCQP82A LYNN THOMAS Time: 3:43 PM on Apr 23, 1997