What is the purpose of Meringue Powder and is Pav Magic a good Aussie substitute?

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Permalink Reply by suziq auzzi on January 8, 2011 at 3:10am

US Meringue powder is dried egg whites with the addition of sugar and food gum. Pavlova Magic has pretty much the same ingredients. One can substitute for the other.

Quote: I've heard its better to use in our climate than egg whites as it hot and muggy and eggwhites cant be trusted. 

It's personal choice as to whether you use liquid egg whites, dried egg whites, meringue powder or Pavlova Magic.

 

There is absolutely no difficulty with using egg whites as we have no problems with raw eggs in Australia. Recipes that include meringue powder originate, usually, in the US. Using an equivalent dried product is easier than calculating the "wet for dry" equivalency ..

 

FYI: depending on manufacturer:  

1 liquid egg white = 1 tablespoonUS Meringue Powder + 2 tablespoonsUS water

1 liquid egg white =  1 tablespoonAU Pavlova Magic + 27ml water

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Permalink Reply by Cakes at Hezzies House on January 22, 2011 at 1:10am

Thanks for that suziq! You know when you search for information and nothing quite hits the mark so you just end up more confused... ;)  I see you are in Sydney - are you a professional decorator?  What do you do in this humidity?  Urgh - can;t breathe let alone keep a cake up...

suziq auzzi said:

US Meringue powder is dried egg whites with the addition of sugar and food gum. Pavlova Magic has pretty much the same ingredients. One can substitute for the other.

Quote: I've heard its better to use in our climate than egg whites as it hot and muggy and eggwhites cant be trusted. 

It's personal choice as to whether you use liquid egg whites, dried egg whites, meringue powder or Pavlova Magic.

 

There is absolutely no difficulty with using egg whites as we have no problems with raw eggs in Australia. Recipes that include meringue powder originate, usually, in the US. Using an equivalent dried product is easier than calculating the "wet for dry" equivalency ..

 

FYI: depending on manufacturer:  

1 liquid egg white = 1 tablespoonUS Meringue Powder + 2 tablespoonsUS water

1 liquid egg white =  1 tablespoonAU Pavlova Magic + 27ml water

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