{"id":6413,"date":"2010-10-28T10:09:16","date_gmt":"2010-10-28T17:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/?p=6413"},"modified":"2019-10-19T12:48:39","modified_gmt":"2019-10-19T19:48:39","slug":"espresso-almond-meringues-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/?p=6413","title":{"rendered":"Espresso Almond Meringues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Meringues like you have never tasted!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our hotel in Barcelona (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotelcontinental.com\/web\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hotel Continental<\/a>) was right on Las Ramblas. In fact, our room was facing the street and one of the nights we were there was Barcelona&#8217;s Independence Day, so the partying in the streets down below went on until 6:00 a.m. This was a really cool little hotel with a nice courtyard with table and chairs and the best part was that there was beer and wine on tap 24\/7. So, needless to say, there was a lot of beer and wine drinking going on while we there.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I bought this fan from a street vendor the night I purchased my almond meringue. The meringue I bought didn&#8217;t have the espresso powder added, but I decided to add it to my recipe, and glad I did. When I saw this fan, I knew I needed it to shoot my meringue cookies picture. We saw fans all over Spain. I bought a beautiful one from Van Gough&#8217;s Museum in Amsterdam and we saw a whole shop of them in Barcelona (see picture at bottom of post). I paid 2 euros for the above one but we saw fans for over 100 euros at a shop in Pablo Espanol Village.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DSC_6095.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6600\" title=\"DSC_6095\" src=\"http:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DSC_6095-e1286669415516.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\"\/><\/a>A little sugar, almonds, egg whites and espresso powder.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DSC_6101.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6601\" title=\"DSC_6101\" src=\"http:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DSC_6101-e1286669504129.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\"\/><\/a>Toasted almonds are added to the stiffly beaten egg whites.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DSC_6102.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6602\" title=\"DSC_6102\" src=\"http:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DSC_6102-e1286669569577.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\"\/><\/a>Make mounds on Silpat (or parchment) lined cookie sheets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DSC_6117.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6603\" title=\"DSC_6117\" src=\"http:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DSC_6117-e1286669646199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This plateful of meringues will disappear fast.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DSC_6131.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6604\" title=\"DSC_6131\" src=\"http:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DSC_6131-e1286669717120.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/meringuescas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6416\" title=\"meringuescas\" src=\"http:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/meringuescas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/meringuescas.jpg 448w, https:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/meringuescas-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Almond Meringues from Spain Trip were softball size.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/sign.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6415\" title=\"sign\" src=\"http:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/sign.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/sign.jpg 448w, https:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/sign-300x115.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ok, these meringues were really big and I had one and then the next night another.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"recipe\"><\/div><div id=\"wprm-recipe-container-28196\" class=\"wprm-recipe-container\" data-recipe-id=\"28196\" data-servings=\"0\"><div class=\"wprm-recipe wprm-recipe-simple\">\n\t<div class=\"wprm-recipe-image-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wprm-recipe-image\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wprm-recipe-buttons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/?wprm_print=espresso-almond-meringues\" class=\"wprm-recipe-print\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"wprm-recipe-details-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"16px\" height=\"16px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><g ><path fill=\"#343434\" d=\"M19,5.09V1c0-0.552-0.448-1-1-1H6C5.448,0,5,0.448,5,1v4.09C2.167,5.569,0,8.033,0,11v7c0,0.552,0.448,1,1,1h4v4c0,0.552,0.448,1,1,1h12c0.552,0,1-0.448,1-1v-4h4c0.552,0,1-0.448,1-1v-7C24,8.033,21.833,5.569,19,5.09z M7,2h10v3H7V2z M17,22H7v-9h10V22z M18,10c-0.552,0-1-0.448-1-1c0-0.552,0.448-1,1-1s1,0.448,1,1C19,9.552,18.552,10,18,10z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/span> Print<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<h2 class=\"wprm-recipe-name\">Espresso Almond Meringues<\/h2>\n\t<div class=\"wprm-recipe-summary\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wprm-recipe-details-container wprm-recipe-tags-container\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wprm-recipe-details-container wprm-recipe-times-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wprm-recipe-details-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredients-container\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"wprm-recipe-header\">Ingredients<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-group\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredients\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount\">1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit\">tsp.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-name\">espresso powder<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-notes\">or 3 tsp. instant coffee powder<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount\">4<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-name\">egg whites<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-notes\">room temperature<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount\">1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit\">c.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-name\">Sugar<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount\">1\/2<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit\">tsp.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-name\">vanilla extract<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount\">1\/2<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit\">tsp.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-name\">almond extract<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount\">5<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit\">oz.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-name\">slivered almonds<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-notes\">toasted<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount\">1\/4<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit\">tsp.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-name\">cream of tartar<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t \t \t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wprm-recipe-instructions-container\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"wprm-recipe-header\">Instructions<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wprm-recipe-instruction-group\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol class=\"wprm-recipe-instructions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wprm-recipe-instruction\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wprm-recipe-instruction-text\">Preheat oven to 250\u00b0. Line two cookie sheets with Silpat baking mats or parchment paper.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wprm-recipe-instruction\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wprm-recipe-instruction-text\">Put the sugar and instant coffee in a food processor and process until the mixture is very fine. Set aside.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wprm-recipe-instruction\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wprm-recipe-instruction-text\">Beat the egg whites in a large metal bowl with the whisk attachment until very frothy. Add the cream of tartar and beat until soft peaks form. Add in the extracts. Increase speed to high and add sugar mixture a little at a time until soft peaks form and the meringue is shiny and glossy.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wprm-recipe-instruction\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wprm-recipe-instruction-text\">Fold in the toasted almonds. Scoop the meringue mixture in mounds onto your prepared cookie sheets. Bake for 1 1\/2 hours, do not open door. Turn off the oven and let cookies dry for at least 2-3 hours or overnight. Store in a sealed container.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wprm-recipe-instruction\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wprm-recipe-instruction-text\">*Note: I like these really crunchy and not chewy so when I first baked mine for 1 hour they were still chewy so I put them back in and baked for another 1\/2 hour.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DSC_4757.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6622\" title=\"DSC_4757\" src=\"http:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DSC_4757-e1286727314693.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\"\/><\/a>Fan Shop at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcelonayellow.com\/index.php?option=com_mtree&amp;task=viewlink&amp;link_id=354&amp;Itemid=26\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pablo Espanol Village<\/a> in Barcelona. The village is considered one of the top 10 things to visit while in Barcelona.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"62d5bc2e453500af49d4a162b842956f\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-9953435733123030\";\r\n\/* Ad for In Posts *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"6872802919\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meringues like you have never tasted! Our hotel in Barcelona (The Hotel Continental) was right on Las Ramblas. In fact, our room was facing the street and one of the nights we were there was Barcelona&#8217;s Independence Day, so the partying in the streets down below went on until 6:00 a.m. This was a really cool little hotel with a nice courtyard with table and chairs and the best part was that there was beer and wine on tap 24\/7. So, needless to say, there was a lot of beer and wine drinking going on while we there. I bought this fan from a street vendor the night I purchased my almond meringue. The meringue I bought didn&#8217;t have the espresso powder added, but I decided to add it to my recipe, and glad I did. When I saw this fan, I knew I needed it to shoot my meringue cookies picture. We saw fans all over Spain. I bought a beautiful one from Van Gough&#8217;s Museum in Amsterdam and we saw a whole shop of them in Barcelona (see picture at bottom of post). I paid 2 euros for the above one but we saw fans for over 100 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6413"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6413"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28198,"href":"https:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6413\/revisions\/28198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}