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Meringues or Spanish Wind

4 servings

Ingredients

• 500 g sugar (sifted)
• vanilla (finely ground with sugar) (a little)
• 8 pcs egg whites
• sugar (for sprinkling) (a little)
• jelly or jam (for filling) (a little)

Instructions

1. Beat the egg whites until so firm they can be cut, then slowly sprinkle in sugar and vanilla while continuing to beat.
2. Fill the mixture into a tightly sealed, pointed bag, cut off the bottom tip slightly, and carefully place small mounds onto a wax-greased baking sheet.
3. Sprinkle with sugar and bake slowly at a medium-low heat; the meringues should bake very gently and barely turn pale yellow.
4. After cooling, remove from the sheet, spread the flat side with jelly or jam, and place two together.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.