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Cinnamon & cardamom meringues
kosher for Pesach

April 22, 2008

Passover meringues, kosher for Pesach, Debra Solomon, culiblog.org and Marlein Overakker, Wandering Banquets
I heart pareve desserts.

One of this year’s Pesach innovations was a sephardic-style seder dinner which more or less cancelled out last year’s innovation, the Pesach Ultra-lite. Whatevs, now that we’ve made these recipes our own, we can teach ourselves to make light of them. It’s about liberation.

Cinnamon cardamom meringues, kosher for Pesach, Debra Solomon, culiblog.org and Marlein Overakker, Wandering Banquets
Links to standard meringue recipes below.

Cinnamon cardamom meringues, kosher for Pesach, Debra Solomon, culiblog.org and Marlein Overakker, Wandering Banquets
To our meringue mixture Marlein and I added a goodly amount of freshly ground cardamom and even more cinnamon. Heady and aromatic, you could probably burn the meringues as incense. Let’s check.

Cinnamon cardamom meringues, kosher for Pesach, Debra Solomon, culiblog.org and Marlein Overakker, Wandering Banquets
Whippity dippity do! Once out of the oven, the meringues were as spicy as peppermints.

Cinnamon cardamom meringues, kosher for Pesach, Debra Solomon, culiblog.org and Marlein Overakker, Wandering Banquets
When you can hold the upturned bowl above your head without losing the meringue, it’s beaten stiffly enough. Don’t torture yourself, employ a machine for this heavy work.

Cinnamon cardamom meringues, kosher for Pesach, Debra Solomon, culiblog.org and Marlein Overakker, Wandering Banquets
We used pastry bags to form the meringues into dots, hearts and doodley towers before popping them into the oven to dessicate.

Cinnamon cardamom meringues, kosher for Pesach, Debra Solomon, culiblog.org and Marlein Overakker, Wandering Banquets
At the seder we served the meringues with our own variation on an Egyptian Haroset, and a molten spoonful of rhubarb fried with cinnamon and currants to give our sweet teeth a break.

Meringue recipes and Jewy links:

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