Fruit Meringue

Ingredients

• 1 No. 2%4 tin Chivers’ Greengages or any Plums
• 4 ozs. flour
• 2 ozs. sugar
• 2 ozs. margarine or butter
• 3 eggs
• % teaspoonful Chivers’ Baking Powder

Method

1. 1

   Separate white from yolk of two eggs.

2. 2

   Cream butter and sugar, and add beaten yolk of two eggs and one whole egg.

3. 3

   Beat well and gradually fold in sieved flour and baking powder.

4. 4

   Place fruit with some syrup into a deep dish.

5. 5

   Pour mixture on to this and cook in a moderate oven for 25-30 minutes.

6. 6

   Whisk white of eggs, fold in lightly one tablespoonful castor sugar and spread thickly on the sponge, and place in oven until golden brown.

7. 7

   Serve with hot syrup from the fruit.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Chivers selected recipes (1930) by Ltd Chivers & Sons, page 3. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FRUIT MERINGUE 1 No. 2%4 tin Chivers’ Greengages or any Plums 4 ozs. flour 2 ozs. sugar 2 ozs. margarine or butter 3 eggs % teaspoonful Chivers’ Baking Powder

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