Old School Techniques for Making Meringue

Summary by Krater

Chef Jacques Pépin demonstrates the proper technique for separating eggs and beating egg whites into meringue using a copper bowl.

From the video

Answers: How do you beat egg whites and make meringue?

• egg white whipping technique
• using copper bowls for meringue
• how to separate eggs
• making meringue with sugar

Ingredients

• 6 eggs
• sugar

What it concludes

• Properly beaten egg whites from one egg yield approximately one cup of egg white.
• Beating egg whites in copper helps acidify and stabilize the structure of the egg whites.
• Adding sugar quickly to whipped egg whites and beating them until tight prevents the sugar from melting and getting weeping.