Raspberry Filled Meringue Torte Recipes

RASPBERRY-FILLED MERINGUE TORTE

Steps:

• Line baking sheets with parchment and trace five 7-1/2-in. circles on paper; set aside., In a large bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar on medium speed until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, on high until stiff glossy peaks form and sugar is dissolved. Combine coconut and cornstarch; fold into meringue., Spread meringue evenly over each circle on prepared pans. Bake at 300° for 30 minutes or until firm and lightly golden. Cool for 5 minutes. Gently remove meringues from baking sheets to wire racks to cool completely., Meanwhile, drain raspberries, reserving juice. Set the berries aside. Add enough water to juice to measure 2 cups. In a small saucepan, combine cornstarch and sugar; stir in the raspberry liquid until smooth. bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Cool completely. Fold in the sweetened raspberries. , To assemble, place one meringue on a serving plate; top with 2/3 cup whipped topping and 3/4 cup raspberry filling. Repeat 3 times. Top with remaining meringue layer and whipped topping. Refrigerate for 1 hour before serving. Garnish with fresh berries. Cut with a serrated knife.

CHERRY-BERRIES MERINGUE TORTE

Steps:

• About 30 minutes before making the meringue shell, place an egg separator over a small bowl. Crack open each egg over the egg separator to separate the white from the yolk. (Save egg yolks for another recipe.)
• Place the egg whites in a clean medium bowl, and let stand at room temperature up to 30 minutes.*
• Heat the oven to 275°F. Line a cookie sheet with a piece of foil or cooking parchment paper.
• Add the cream of tartar to the egg whites; beat with an electric mixer on high speed until mixture looks foamy. Beat in 3/4 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time; continue beating about 5 minutes, stopping occasionally to scrape mixture from side and bottom of bowl with a rubber spatula, until mixture is glossy and forms stiff peaks when beaters are lifted. (Do not underbeat because the meringue shell won't hold its shape.) On the cookie sheet, shape the meringue into a 9-inch round with the back of a spoon, building up about a 1-inch side.
• Bake 1 hour 30 minutes. Turn off oven; leave meringue in oven with door closed 1 hour. Remove from oven and cool on a cooling rack 2 hours longer.
• Place a medium bowl and the beaters of electric mixer in refrigerator to chill. These will be used to beat the whipping cream, which beats better in a cold bowl.
• Place block of cream cheese on a plate, and let stand at room temperature about 30 minutes to soften slightly. Or to soften cream cheese in the microwave, remove foil wrapper and place in microwavable bowl; microwave on Medium (50%) 45 to 60 seconds.
• In a large bowl, stir together the softened cream cheese, 1/2 cup sugar and the vanilla until mixed; set aside.
• Pour the whipping cream into the chilled bowl. Insert the chilled beaters in the electric mixer. Beat on high speed until whipped cream forms soft peaks when beaters are lifted. Gently fold the whipped cream and marshmallows into the cream cheese mixture.
• Place the meringue on a serving plate, and spoon the filling onto the meringue. Cover; refrigerate at least 12 hours to blend the flavors but no longer than 24 hours.
• Rinse the strawberries with cool water, and dry on paper towels. Cut out the hull, or "cap," from each strawberry with the point of a paring knife. Cut the strawberries lengthwise into slices to measure 1 cup. In a medium bowl, stir together the pie filling, strawberries and lemon juice.
• To serve, spoon the berry mixture onto the filling. Or cut the meringue shell into serving pieces, and top each serving with the berry mixture.

OVERNIGHT RASPBERRY (OR STRAWBERRY) MERINGUE TORTE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F.
• Beat egg whites in a large bowl with mixer at medium speed until foamy. Add the cream of tartar and beat for 1 minute. Gradually add the sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until well blended (about 8 minutes). Add vanilla extract. Increase mixer speed to high and beat for 5 minutes or until soft peaks form. (Do not underbeat).
• Coat the inside of a 10-inch springform pan with butter, and add meringue, spreading evenly. Break air pockets by cutting through meringue with a knife.
• Place pan in 450°F oven. Turn the oven off, and cool in closed oven for at least 24 hours.
• Drain the raspberries, reserving 1/4 cup liquid. Place raspberries in a food processor, and process until smooth. Press raspberry mixture through a fine sieve into a bowl to measure 1 1/4 cups. Discard solids. Stir in the reserved raspberry liquid.
• Spoon cooled meringue into bowls. Drizzle with raspberry mixture, and top with whipped topping. (Each serving is about 1 cup meringue, 1 1/2 tablespoons raspberry mixture, and 1 1/2 tablespoons whipped topping).

CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY TORTE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and draw two 8" round circles (make sure circles are at least 4" apart, if your baking pan is not large enough for this, you'll need to use two baking pans).
• Place egg whites and salt in a large bowl or base of a stand mixer.
• Use whisk attachment to beat on high speed until medium-stiff peaks form (stiff enough that it forms peaks, but peaks that don't stand easily on their own). This will take about 3-4 minutes.
• Add water, vanilla, and sugar. Beat on high speed until stiff peaks form (peaks that easily stand and hold their shape). This will take about 3 minutes.
• Use spatula to fold in cream of tartar and cornstarch.
• Divide mixture evenly between the two circles. Use spatula to spread out mixture to edges of the circles.
• Bake for 1 hour. Do not open oven during cooking time.
• Once time is done, turn oven off. Again, do not open oven. Let cool completely in oven for 3 hours, or overnight.
• Remove from oven and then gentle peel parchment paper from bottom of the meringue.
• Thaw raspberries and strain juice from berries. For this step I put a large strainer over a bowl and let the berries thaw in the strainer. Gently press raspberries a few time to squeeze out any remaining liquid (you want just the liquid, don't press so hard that you get pulp). Add enough water to the juice in the bowl so that you have 3/4 cup of liquid.
• Take out 1/4 cup of liquid and whisk in cornstarch until completely smooth.
• Add remaining juice, cornstarch mixture, sugar, and lemon juice to a sauce pan over medium heat. Cook, while whisking constantly, until mixture thickens. Once mixture thickens, remove from heat and set aside.
• Place the thawed raspberries in a mesh strainer. Place strainer over bowl and press berries with spoon so that pulp falls into a bowl. Strain until you have 1/3 cup of pulp.
• Once the mixture in the saucepan has cooled, stir in the raspberry pulp and raspberry liqueur until well combined. Let cool completely before using (about 2 hours in the refrigerator).
• Place mixing bowl with whisk attachment in freezer for at least ten minutes.
• Remove bowl and whisk from freezer. Whisk together salt, powdered sugar, and cocoa powder in bowl.
• Pour in whipping cream. Bean on medium-high speed until stiff peaks form (peaks that hold their shape and do not fall over).
• Place one meringue layer on a serving plate or cake board. Cover with half of the raspberry filling. Then spread half of the chocolate cream filling.
• Stack second meringue on top of chocolate cream. Spread remaining half of the raspberry filling over the meringue, followed by the remaining half of the chocolate cream.
• In a microwave safe bowl, heat whipping cream until it is boiling. Place chocolate chips in a heat safe bowl. Pour boiling cream over chips. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let sit for 5 minutes. Remove plastic and whisk until smooth. Drizzle chocolate over top of torte as desired (see notes below for troubleshooting).
• Decorate top of meringue with fresh raspberries and sprinkled powdered sugar, as desired. Store in refrigerator. Best if served the day it is made and eaten within 24 hours.

RASPBERRY SEMIFREDDO TORTE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Make crust:
• Break shortbread into pieces and pulse pieces with nuts in a food processor until finely ground.
• Press firmly over bottom and 1 1/4 inches up side of a 24-centimeter springform pan. Bake crust in middle of oven 10 minutes, then cool in pan on a rack.
• Make filling:
• Beat eggs, 1/2 cup sugar, and a pinch of salt in a metal bowl with a handheld electric mixer at medium-high speed until doubled in volume, about 5 minutes. Set bowl over a saucepan with 1 inch of simmering water and beat custard until an instant-read thermometer registers 140°F, about 5 minutes. Continue beating over heat 3 minutes more. Remove bowl from heat and chill custard until cool, about 10 minutes.
• Toss raspberries with remaining tablespoon sugar in a large fine sieve set over a bowl, then force berries through sieve, pressing on solids, and discard seeds. Fold strained raspberries into cooled custard.
• Beat cream with cleaned beaters until it just holds stiff peaks and fold gently into raspberry mixture.
• Spoon filling into crust, smoothing top. Wrap pan in foil and freeze at least 4 hours. (Filling will be firm but not frozen solid.)
• Run a thin knife around edge of torte and remove side of pan.