Hi,

Are egg white powder and meringue powder the same thing.?CAn we use them interchangeably....for frostings/icings....
Can we make meringue powder from egg white powder....
ANly help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks in advance
Swapnil

They are interchangable. To me powdered egg whites taste better. It also isn't grainy like meringue powder.

HTH

Michele

merinque and egg whites is the same thing....how is it anything else?

Now I am curious, I will have to check my container and see whats in there..

I just finished a course in Lambeth and Australian methods with Mark Seaman in Chicago. He uses and recommends the egg white powder when doing very fine piping as it doesn't plug the tips with the tiniest openings as much. He explained the cornstarch in the meringue can cause this problem when using 0 and 00 tips. Plus he says it doesn't yellow with age like fresh egg whites can do once it's hardened.

Thank you for this info  does anyone have a good string work recipe?

thank you 

What I use only takes egg whites and powdered sugar. The amount of powdered sugar varies on the size of the eggs/whites and how much Royal icing you want. 

Whip the egg white(s) until very soft.  Start adding powdered sugar in small amounts until you get the consistency that you want.  The peak should be soft and curl over while the frosting stands.

One major step is to strain your frosting through a clean knee high hose into your preparedpiping bag.  The smallest lump will clog your tip.

These are things that I do.  I hope it helps.

..........One major step is to strain your frosting through a clean knee high hose into your preparedpiping bag.  The smallest lump will clog your tip...........

I found a good way to strain the icing is to put the knee hi on your hand like a glove.  Fill your palm w/the icing and pull the stocking off your hand by turning the top down over the icing so its inside the hose.  Now push the icing down/thru the hose.

Thanks!  That's a great idea  

I have read a bit that if you add tylose/CMC powder to the royal icing this will help for australian stringwork - I am struggling to find a recipe. 

thank you for the tip about the stocking and royal icing!

Tylose can help strengthen royal icing for stringwork.  I have used Gum Arabic with good results.  It takes about a 1/2 tsp of any of the powders in a single batch of icing to add strength and to add a bit of stretch. 

Be patient, clean your tip after 2-3 strings, and be prepared to redo your work.  My favorite tool is actually a clay tool that has a curved blade on one end and a quill on the other.  The curved blade quickly cleans dropped strings and the quill picks up drops strings once the spaces are too small for the curved blade.  It leaves no damage to the fondant.