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Could you please suggest some uses for leftover, broken meringue cookies?

Thanksgiving Desserts with Essential Vegan Desserts

Fran Costigan - Thanksgiving Desserts with Essential Vegan Desserts

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This event was on November 14, 2023

Learn key vegan pastry and baking techniques to elevate your desserts this Thanksgiving. Chef Fran Costigan, Rouxbe’s Director of Vegan Pastry will offer her top tips from her Essential Vegan Desserts Course for successful desserts. She’ll showcase a variety of holiday desserts that are suitable for all people, whether or not dietary considerations are an issue. From mastering pies and tarts to creating delightful stovetop desserts, Chef Fran’s presentation promises to have something for every dessert enthusiast. Bring all your questions, Fran will be ready for them!

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Valentina Postinghel

Could you please suggest some uses for leftover, broken meringue cookies?

Answer

I certainly can. One of my favorite desserts of all times, and it couldn't be easier, it's an easy way to use bits up, is something called Eaton Mess. And it's from the school in the UK called Eaton. It is pieces of meringue and a custard or a cream and fruit. And that reminds me, I have some cream to pull out now so I don't forget. All right. 'cause oh, here are some creams Now this is an example of something I would make for Thanksgiving and either keep it in my refrigerator for a few days or freeze it and defrost it.

Fran Costigan

Director of Vegan Pastry

FranCostigan.com

Fran Costigan is internationally renowned as the authority on vegan desserts. Trained at the New York Restaurant School and Natural Gourmet Institute, Fran was a chef in both traditional and vegan pastry kitchens before moving into teaching over 20 years ago. A lifelong chocoholic and long time vegan, Fran’s latest book, Vegan Chocolate: Unapologetically Luscious and Decadent Dairy Free Desserts, (Running Press 2013) is for all who madly, deeply love chocolate desserts, whether or not dietary considerations are an issue. Her previous cookbook, More Great Good Dairy-Free Desserts Naturally (Book Publishing Company 2006) is the basis of the Costigan Vegan Baking Boot Camp Intensive®. For more information, www.francostigan.com.