Not exactly Valentine's Day

As a family, we don't take Valentine's Day terribly seriously.It isn't exactly a Jewish holiday.

We do tend to deal with it in a low key jokey way. Tonight I have made a nice dinner, and I even made dessert. I made these meringues more or less out of  Leah Leonard's Jewish Cookery. I added shaved chocolate to her basic recipe.

You see them arranged on a silver plate footed dish that came from my husbad's family. The pretty napkin is from Vivian.

Meringues

pre heat oven to 250

2 egg whites

beat in large bowl until foamy

add a few grains salt

keep beating until stiff but not dry

in a different bowl combine 

 1 1/2 C sugar and  1/8 tsp cream of tartar

add sugar mixture to eggwhites by teaspoonfull

add a tsp vanilla and keep beating until white hold a peak

add shaved chocolate

put a sheet of parchment paper on a baking sheet

using two teaspoons, place spoons full of meringue on baking sheet

bake 40 minutes or until crispy and done

let your son eat the left over raw meringue. He will then be happy to wash the bowls and the beaters.