Every now and then I attempt to make meringue mushrooms. But have yet to succeed as the caps get eaten before I put them together.
They are supposed to look like this
But I have never had them last long enough to assemble.
Here is a recipe, I colored red the step I get stuck on.
What is amazing is how these Meringue Mushrooms actually look like real mushrooms. They start with just two ingredients, egg whites and sugar, that are beaten until stiff and glossy. The meringue is then placed in a pastry bag and piped into shapes that look like mushroom 'caps' and 'stems'. After baking in a slow oven
the stems are attached to the caps in one of two ways; a little meringue is used as a 'glue' to attach the stems to the caps or you can use a little melted chocolate to 'glue' them together (used here). Either way is delicious. The finishing touch to make them look like real mushrooms, is to dust the tops of the meringue mushrooms with a light sprinkling of cocoa powder. The beauty of these meringue mushrooms is that they will keep, in dry humidity, several weeks. Serve the mushrooms standing upright on a platter or they also look wonderful placed in a basket.
Read more:
http://www.joyofbaking.com/MeringueM...#ixzz18z1Ij0TU