Vegan Meringue

[shyvas]

I joined a group on FB...meringue hits and misses.

What is Aqua faba? I tried googling and came up empty. I get that Aqua is water... Is it simply bean water?

I would imagine that it means broad bean water and faba is a typo as the v & b keys are next to each other.

 

[KLS52]

It sounds Spanish. I'm guessing either it's bean water, or the water from a particular line of beans. Faba sounds like fava ...

I thought that, too. So I tried to translate and didn't have success with that, either.

 

[KLS52]

I'm having such a hard time believing this is bean water! Looks amazing.


This is chickpea. Not crazy about the taste. Not sure I want to put it on the lemon pie. I'm going to make a batch with the northern beans and compare. Then I'll decide which to use on the pie.

 

[KLS52]

Northern bean meringue tastes better but harder to get it to form soft peaks. I got it pretty close but it totally flattened in the oven. If it tastes good, I won't mind.

 

[shyvas]

Northern bean meringue tastes better but harder to get it to form soft peaks. I got it pretty close but it totally flattened in the oven. If it tastes good, I won't mind.

I can't wait to hear what you think about the end result.

 

[KLS52]

It's interesting...all of this and the lemon is what I don't like...it's too gelled...needs to be softer/creamier. I'm going to do it again, though. If I can get the meringue right using the northern beans it will be a good thing.

Warning, photo not pretty, lol

 

[shyvas]

It's interesting...all of this and the lemon is what I don't like...it's too gelled...needs to be softer/creamier. I'm going to do it again, though. If I can get the meringue right using the northern beans it will be a good thing.

Warning, photo not pretty, lol
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That is strange as there is no gelling agent in the recipe. Did you use cornflour for the mixture ?

 

[aquafaba]

I would imagine that it means broad bean water and faba is a typo as the v & b keys are next to each other.

It's no typo. More information at The Official Aquafaba Page. and in the facebook Vegan Meringues - Hits and Misses! page. I encourage you and your readers to join that group to learn more about it!

 

[aquafaba]

Those are gorgeous pies. Faba is latin for bean and a play on the word fabulous and fabacea (legume family). No farts in chickpea water!

 

[KLS52]

Turns out I didn't bake the pie long enough so the meringue didn't set. Going to try it again today.

 

[shyvas]

Turns out I didn't bake the pie long enough so the meringue didn't set. Going to try it again today.

Let us know about the end results. I'm not a huge fan of meringues so don't miss out. On the other hand I'm a very huge fan of lemon tart made with egg yolks…….