meringue

A topping for pastry or pies made of a mixture of egg whites and sugar beaten until stiff and often baked until brown.

A small pastry shell or cake made of stiffly beaten, baked egg whites and sugar, often containing fruit or nutmeats.

In cookery, a mixture of white of eggs and sugar slightly browned, used for ornamenting and supplementing other confections. Puddings or tarts, etc., covered with this preparation are sometimes called meringues.

A delicate pastry made of powdered sugar and the whites of eggs whipped up, — with jam or cream added.

A mixture consisting of beaten egg whites and sugar which is added to the tops of pies then browned.

A shell made of this mixture which serves as the receptacle for fruit, ice cream or sherbet.

sweet topping especially for pies made of beaten egg whites and sugar