1
: a dessert topping consisting of a baked mixture of stiffly beaten egg whites and sugar
2
: a shell made of meringue and filled with fruit or ice cream
Examples of meringue in a Sentence
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Make the pie filling close to baking time, as the meringue mixture must be made at the last minute.
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Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
Adding 1/8 teaspoon per egg white will further stabilize the meringue, protecting it from turning grainy or collapsing if overbeaten.
—Jessie Sheehan, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
There’s a choice of desserts including coconut cream cake, strawberry shortcakes and lemon meringue tarts, plus carrot cake bars and banana pudding.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2024
The cafe and micro-bakery Hygge is known for its fun and ever-changing specials, like croissants with gingerbread and caramel or coconut cream with licorice and raspberry meringue.
—Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 14 Mar. 2024
In The Arizona Republic's quest to track down cactus pie, the closest offering was the prickly pear meringue pie from Margie's Kitchen in Tucson.
—The Arizona Republic, 12 Mar. 2024
This recipe elevates the Southern favorite even more with a thick meringue that is baked until golden.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2024
Make the meringue shells up to a day before guests arrive.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2024
Privat is seventy, with cornflower-blue eyes and a meringue of gray hair.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
Adding 1/8 teaspoon per egg white will further stabilize the meringue, protecting it from turning grainy or collapsing if overbeaten.
—Jessie Sheehan, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
There’s a choice of desserts including coconut cream cake, strawberry shortcakes and lemon meringue tarts, plus carrot cake bars and banana pudding.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2024
The cafe and micro-bakery Hygge is known for its fun and ever-changing specials, like croissants with gingerbread and caramel or coconut cream with licorice and raspberry meringue.
—Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 14 Mar. 2024
In The Arizona Republic's quest to track down cactus pie, the closest offering was the prickly pear meringue pie from Margie's Kitchen in Tucson.
—The Arizona Republic, 12 Mar. 2024
This recipe elevates the Southern favorite even more with a thick meringue that is baked until golden.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2024
Make the meringue shells up to a day before guests arrive.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2024
Privat is seventy, with cornflower-blue eyes and a meringue of gray hair.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
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meringue
noun
me·ringue
mə-ˈraŋ 
1
: a mixture of beaten egg white and sugar put on pies or cakes and browned
2
: a shell of baked meringue filled with fruit or ice cream
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