How to beat egg whites until stiff - cooking tutorial

Another useful cooking tutorial by YellowSaffron: Sonia gives us a few tips on how to beat egg whites until stiff, a basic step for many sweet or savoury recipes.

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Beating egg whites until stiff is necessary to make many sweet or savoury recipes, such as a soft sponge cake or a cheese soufflé.
You'll see, it's not difficult: you just need to follow few simple tips.
Let's see which ones.
Before beating, leave the eggs out of the fridge for at least an hour.
First of all, separate the egg whites from the yolks, taking care that no yolk remains in the whites.
Take a bowl and an electric beater, perfectly clean, pour the egg whites into the bowl and start beating.
If you want, add a pinch of salt.
In the first stage, the mixture will be very foamy
When it's white and soft, you'll have semi-whipped egg whites.
Continue beating until the mixture is firm: if you turn the bowl upside down, the egg whites won't fall out.
Don't wait for too long before using the eggs, since the mixture will reduce in volume
The eggs can't be used anymore.
If you want to beat the egg whites with the sugar, add 1/3 at the beginning, 1/3 at half time and 1/3 at the end.

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[just4fun9991]

Can you use this technique to make the meringue for French macarons ?

[yellowsaffron]

@just4fun9991 Yes, this is what you do when you beat the egg whites until stiff to make, for example, the meringue

[Satelitko]

You forgot to say that the bowl and mixer have to be dry. Any moisture will ruin your work.

[yellowsaffron]

@Satelitko Yes... clean means also dry!

[Satelitko]

@yellowsaffron Then I apologize :) I love your videos, but some people (like me) may not pick up on that :)

[yellowsaffron]

@Satelitko You did well to point it out!

[iLikeCookie88]

I like these little demonstrations!

[KaixInxWonderland]

Thanks SO much for making this! I'm making sea salt ice cream and I didn't know what they meant by Beat the egg whites until stiff! lol. Well, I gotta start over, thank god I just began lol. Time to leave the eggs out for an hour! YAY!

[Philipe0849]

I hate to say it, but the intros to these videos look kinda gross... I love the instructional part, just not the intro

[magnacore11]

It's kinda neat to be introduced to this YellowSaffron series without the classic theme song haha I gotta admit I was expecting it!

[FoodFling]

I'm glad that you made a video of this, because whipping egg whites is one of the hardest, but most basic technique every cook should know.

[CheeseYeeProduction]

omg why didnt you upload this earlier ): now i got a failed tiramisu in my fridge

[joar93]

Just wip it! omg its not so hard!

[sugrcubez]

I love how she says necessary!! adorable.

[Satelitko]

@yellowsaffron Thanks :) And keep up with the great vids! You're one of my prime sources for Italian cuisine :)