Freeform Meringue Shells with Strawberries and Papaya

Name: Freeform Meringue Shells with Strawberries and Papaya
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Europe, French
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons, granulated sugar; 2/3 cup, confectioners' sugar; 1/2 cup, large egg whites from about 4 eggs, at room temperature; 1/3 cup, granulated sugar; 1/4 teaspoon, ground ginger; 1/8 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 1 pint, fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced lengthwise; 2 tablespoons, granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon, orange zest from 1 small orange; 1 , papaya, small, small, peeled, halved, and seeded; each half halved crosswise and sliced thin

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 1995

Pastry teacher Flo Braker adds sugar in three stages, pipes the meringues immediately, and uses small "test" meringues to check for doneness.

SERVES 8

TIME 1¾ hours, plus 30 minutes cooling and 30 minutes standing

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