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🍮 Meringues 🍮
Author: Leah Maroney

Use vegan meringue like you would a regular one. Make it as topping for vegan lemon meringue pie. Bake it in one large circle to make a pavlova and cover with fresh berries. Make smaller nests and top with fresh fruit and vegan whipped cream. Pipe them into different shapes like mushrooms, ghosts, or bunnies.

Ingredients

🍮 1 (15-ounce) can unsalted chickpeas, drained with liquid reserved
🍮 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
🍮 1 cup granulated sugar
🍮 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Instructions

🍮1. Preheat your oven to 200 F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper, making sure they lay flat. Set them aside. Prepare a piping bag or have a plastic bag ready to fill.

🍮2. In a very clean mixing bowl add the chickpea liquid. Begin mixing on medium-high speed and beat for 3 to 4 minutes or until soft to medium peaks form. Add in the cream of tartar and beat until combined.

🍮3. Whisk together the granulated sugar and vanilla extract in a small bowl and then slowly add the mixture to the chickpea liquid. Add it in intervals and pause for 30 seconds in between each addition, mixing the whole time.

🍮4. The mixture should be glossy, thick, and have stiff peaks. It will be about 3 times the original volume. There should be no graininess from the sugar when you rub the meringue between your fingers. If there is, continue to beat until there is no more grainy texture. Unlike traditional meringue, you cannot overbeat this mixture.

🍮5. Add the meringue to your prepared piping bag and pipe onto your parchment lined baking sheets.

🍮6. Bake for 2 hours. Be sure to leave the oven closed—no peeking. Turn off the oven and leave the meringues in the oven for another hour or up to overnight.

Why Did My Vegan Meringue Collapse?

There's a few reasons this might happen. The sugar may have been added in too quickly. Make sure to follow the directions to incorporate the sugar in 30 second intervals. Your bowl also needs to be very clean. The aquafaba will not whip properly if the bowl is dirty or has debris. Additionally, if the mixture is under beaten then the meringues can collapse. The mixture needs to be nice and stiff before adding to the piping bag.

How Long Do Vegan Meringues Last?

Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days. You can also freeze them in plastic freezer bags for up to 3 months.

Tips

🍮 It's important to use unsalted canned chickpeas since the aquafaba will be very salty otherwise.

🍮 Just like regular meringue, vegan meringues can easily crack. That's why you should avoid opening the oven to peek as they are baking and cooling in the oven.

Recipe Variations

There are plenty of options for adding flavor:

🍮 Add different flavor extracts like mint, maple, or lemon. You can just replace part of the vanilla extract depending on the strength of the extract you are using.

🍮 Add in purees like 2 tablespoons of blueberry or raspberry puree.

🍮 Beat in some mini chocolate chips.

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About Cotofly Eggs

The Cotofly egg is soft to the touch, almost like a plush doll. It is adorned with pink and green floral patterns that seem to swirl and change the longer you look at it. Scientists at the Science and Research Center in Ark City have yet to determine the exact species these patterns belong to or why they appear on the egg in the first place and thus some speculate that they are otherworldly, though they do bear a strong resemblance to the carnation. A plethora of strong scents emanate from these eggs, a strange combination of myrrh, lavender, rose petals and cloves.

About the Cotofly Creature

Cotoflies are a strange, elusive creature most commonly found during spring. Once simply known as the "Fairy Bunny", they were prevalent in Ark lore dating back to ancient times. These myths varied widely, with some describing the Cotofly as a benevolent spirit that brought fertility and good harvest to the land, while others condemning them as tricksters who preyed on unsuspecting travelers and caused harvests to become overripe. For many years, they were simply believed to be just that, a myth, however a colony of Cotoflies was found living near the woods of a glade in the outskirts of Ark City. These specimens were perfectly congruent with the previous descriptions of the "Faerie Bunny," from the strange carnation-like markings to their wings.

After being heavily scrutinized by SARC scientists, it was deemed that the myths surrounding the Cotofly were largely baseless and that they weren't inherently benevolent nor malevolent and that there were very few verified reports of Cotofly individuals deceiving travelers or farmers in any way. The fact that they bring about good harvest does hold some ground, however. Cotoflies tend to gravitate towards fertile lands that are brimming with blooming flowers.

Cotoflies can tell each other apart from their highly distinctive markings. It is said that no two individuals share the same exact floral pattern.