Showing posts with label Merhrinyghen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Merhrinyghen. Show all posts

Apr 25, 2014

What's in a Name, Meringue

The name meringue came from a pastry chef named Gasparini in the Swiss town of Merhrinyghen. In 1720, Gasparini created a small pastry of dried egg foam and sugar from which the simplified meringue evolved. Its fame spread and Marie Antoinette is said to have prepared the sweet with her own hands at the Trianon in France.