Meringue Macaroons

This bake came from the inspiration of the Great British Bake Off - the only tv show I regularly watch, whilst all my other friends are watching America's Next Top Model and Pretty Little Liars to name just a few.

Meringues
Ingredients:
4 egg whites
a pinch of salt
300g caster sugar / or granulated (- it works just fine)
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/8 tsp food colouring

Method:

1. Pre-heat the oven to 150 degrees C
2. Whisk together the egg whites and salt until the mixture looks foamy but slightly stiff
3. Now gradually add the sugar - try 1 tbsp at a time - until the mixture is firm and can be tipped upside down in the bowl and not budge an inch
4. Add the vanilla essence and colouring and gently mix them in with the back of a metal spoon. It is essential to mix this CAREFULLY to avoid destroying the structure of the mixture.
5. Now pipe the mix with a big nozzle in a piping bag or no nozzle at all into small circles on parchment paper
6. Put them in the oven and bake for 30 mins - watching carefully at around 25 minutes to ensure that they do not burn
7. When complete, turn off the oven but leave them in it with the oven door opened slightly to allow the warm air to escape and prevent the meringues cooking too quickly
8. After around 10 minutes remove them and wait until COMPLETELY cool before removing
9. Serve with whipped cream in the middle of two, with fresh fruits and/or with cream on top

The end result should be a harder and crunchy outer shell with a soft marshmallow in the middle. 

Enjoy!