This quantity will make more than enough meringues for the recipe, but a single egg white is a pain to whisk and leftover meringues are great!
To make meringues, first preheat oven to 100ºC. Whisk egg whites in an electric mixture until they form soft peaks. Keep whisking while adding the sugars a tablespoon at a time until the mixture is glossy. Using a dessert spoon drop large spoonfuls of meringue on a greaseproof sheet. This quantity will make about 8-10 meringues. Bake for two hours, then allow to cool.
Whip cream until it forms stiff peaks.
To serve, crumble two meringues per person into a large bowl, fold in the cream and spoon over the compote. Serve with two spoons.
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