Meringue Mistakes

Well I have found that after you caramelize the to of meringue, you need to let it "set." Okay, so here is my issue, I made a chocolate meringue tart

names after my daughter, "Burke's Chocolate Meringue Tart", and I did not allow enough time

for it to set. But the real issue was not the "setting" the real issue was that i didn't have my oven high enough to brown the meringue so instead when it finally was "brown," the meringue was hard and the filling, chocolate cream, melted through the crust! This was not my day! Speaking of, this was Christmas eve when I was putting on dinner for 10 people! That

On the up side, I made a wonderful cherry pie that was great for Christmas eve dessert. We did end up eating the chocolate meringue tart for dessert as well,, and although it was not the prettiest thing... the tart was quite good! My lesson in meringue today... get a small hand torch from ace hardware (since it is better than the one in the kitchen stores) and do meringue that way.

As for Christmas day, after learning my lesson about meringue, I decided to do a chocolate CREAM pie instead. That came out much better and much more appetizing. I love baking and can't wait to do more things, i just need to be more careful about my "creations."

I love to try new things with my style of baking. I am always up for new creations and love trying something different. Next on the agenda.... cake decorating class! I'm going to take that class in February and hope that I can do well.