Patriotic meringues

Emma Jane Frost, 43, is a home economist and food stylist who works for several magazines, including FANCY. She lives with John and her children Jasmine, 18, and Charlie, 15. 

I chose to make these because… they look really impressive, but are so easy to make. 

Secret ingredient: Edible glitter

 

1. Preheat the oven to 100°C/80°C fan/gas mark 1/ 4. Whisk 8 egg whites until stiff then whisk 450g of caster sugar, 3 tbsp at a time, into the egg whites. Add 1 tsp white wine vinegar.

2. Divide the mix into 3 parts. Add 1/ 2  tsp of blue food colour to the first, purée 50g of strawberries and fold into the second with 1/ 2  tsp of red food colour. To the third, add 1/ 2  tsp of edible glitter.

3. Line 3 large baking sheets with baking paper and spoon on dollops of the mixture, well spaced out. Bake for 2 hours, then leave to cool. Serve sprinkled with edible glitter.