Weepless Meringue

Name: Weepless Meringue
Yield: makes enough to cover one 9-inch pie
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon cornstarch; 8 tablespoons sugar; 1/4 to 1/2 cup hot water; 3 egg whites, at room temperature; Pinch of salt

January 24, 2012

Less puffy and showy, but just as delicious as Mrs. Rowe’s Meringue (opposite), this family recipe is a tougher breed. The salt and cornstarch fuse and stabilize it, making it easier to manage and giving it a harder glaze once it’s baked, which means less likelihood of weeping.

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