Recipes · Swiss · Desserts
Meringues à la Crème de la Gruyère (Meringues with Double Cream)
One serving has 369 kcal and 4 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of vitamin A (35%). Ready in 135 minutes.
- Preparation: 15 min
- Cooking: 120 min
- Makes: 1 serving (120 g)
- Difficulty: Easy
- Diets: Vegetarian, Gluten-free
- Contains: dairy, egg
Ingredients
- 20 g Egg whites
- 40 g Sugar
- 60 g Double cream (crème double)
Method
- Heat the oven to 100 °C and line a baking tray with baking paper.
- Whisk the egg whites in a clean bowl until they hold soft peaks, then add the sugar a spoonful at a time, whisking for 5-8 minutes until the meringue is stiff, glossy and no longer gritty.
- Spoon or pipe it onto the tray in oval shells about 8 cm long.
- Bake for 2 hours until dry, crisp and pale ivory, then turn off the oven and leave them to cool inside with the door ajar.
- Chill the cream well. Crème double de la Gruyère is thick enough to spoon; if your cream is thinner, whip it very lightly until it just holds its shape.
- Serve two meringue shells per person with a generous spoonful of the cream between or beside them.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 369 kcal | 17% |
| Carbohydrates | 41.8 g | |
| Water | 52.1 mL | |
| Fiber | 0 g | 0% |
| Protein | 3.9 g | 8% |
| Tryptophan | 0.06 g | |
| Threonine | 0.17 g | |
| Isoleucine | 0.22 g | |
| Leucine | 0.34 g | |
| Lysine | 0.24 g | |
| Methionine | 0.12 g | |
| Cystine | 0.07 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.22 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.17 g | |
| Valine | 0.26 g | |
| Histidine | 0.1 g | |
| Fat | 21.7 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 5.5 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 0.94 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0.01 g | |
| Omega-6 | 0.78 g | |
| Saturated | 13.8 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0.74 g | |
| Cholesterol | 67.8 mg | |
| Calcium | 41.4 mg | 4% |
| Copper | 0.01 mg | 1% |
| Iron | 0.1 mg | 1% |
| Magnesium | 6.4 mg | 2% |
| Manganese | 0.01 mg | 1% |
| Phosphorus | 37.8 mg | 5% |
| Potassium | 90.4 mg | 2% |
| Selenium | 6 µg | 11% |
| Sodium | 49.8 mg | |
| Zinc | 0.15 mg | 2% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.01 mg | 1% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.21 mg | 19% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 0.06 mg | 0% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 0.34 mg | 7% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.02 mg | 2% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 3.2 µg | 1% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 0.11 µg | 5% |
| Choline | 10.3 mg | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 247 µg | 35% |
| Vitamin C | 0.36 mg | 0% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 37.8 IU | 6% |
| Vitamin E | 0.55 mg | 4% |
| Vitamin K | 1.9 µg | 2% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
0.3 kg CO2e a serving: about average for breakfasts, sides, desserts and drinks on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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