battre les oeufs en neige jusqu’à la formation de pics mous

English translation: beat the egg whites until they form soft peaks

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French term or phrase:	battre les oeufs en neige jusqu’à la formation de pics mous
English translation:	beat the egg whites until they form soft peaks
Entered by:	Rachel Fell

16:25 Aug 3, 2006

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Cooking / Culinary / meringue recipe

French term or phrase: battre les oeufs en neige jusqu’à la formation de pics mous

Meringue

2 blancs d’œufs à température pièce
2 c. à soupe (30 g) de sucre fin

Battre les œufs en neige jusqu’à la formation de pics mous

Ajouter le sucre graduellement

PB Trans KudoZ activity Questions: 445 (none open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 710
Local time: 01:52

beat the egg whites until they form soft peaks

Explanation:
Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form, this takes a little time. ... First, beat the whites until they form soft peaks, then sprinkle the sugar on top ...
www.baking911.com/howto/meringues.htm

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Beat the egg whites and salt until they form soft peaks; sprinkle on the sugar and beat into stiff peaks. Stir one-fourth of the egg whites into the ...
www.dailyhampshiregazette.com/entertainment/dining/entstory...

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I think it's just meaning beat them - it's not a special method to make them "snowy"; if you beat egg whites, they'll go white and finely frothy anyway.

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Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:52

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beat the egg whites until they form soft peaks

Rachel Fell

4 +1

Beat egg whites stiffly, until they form soft peaks/mounds

Rosie S (X)

whisk up the egg whites to soft peaks

François Crompton-Roberts

beat the egg whites until soft peaks form

Mary Teissier du Cros

Discussion entries: 19

Tony M

France

14:32 Aug 4, 2006

The glossary entry is fine :-)

Rachel Fell

United Kingdom

14:32 Aug 4, 2006

And when you add the remaining sugar, they often say to add it by folding it in with a metal spoon (not beating) as far as I recall.

Sandra Petch

13:38 Aug 4, 2006

The couple of meringue recipes I looked at ask for "soft peaks". I think the stiff peaks come once the sugar has been added.

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ASKER

Thanks for the additional info

13:33 Aug 4, 2006

but do I need to correct the glossary or was the translation I put OK?

Tony M

France

13:32 Aug 4, 2006

... (no problem!)...'battre en neige' doesn't specifically state HOW stiff, that depends on the requirements of your recipe

I'm looking forward to trying that one Rachel's found for us!

Rachel Fell

United Kingdom

13:31 Aug 4, 2006

Sorry to interrupt, Tony!

Tony M

France

13:31 Aug 4, 2006

...If you beat a bit more, then remove the beaters, they will form spiky peaks that do not fall back (this is even more marked when sugar has been added) — this is what we call 'stiff peaks'.

Rachel Fell

United Kingdom

13:30 Aug 4, 2006

Yum! http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/lemon-meringue-pie,1083,R...

Tony M

France

13:29 Aug 4, 2006

... then you get to the point that when you lift out the beaters, they leave little 'mounds' behind — they fall back a bit and are rounded, what we call 'soft peaks'.

Rachel Fell

United Kingdom

13:28 Aug 4, 2006

IThere are different degrees of stiffness in beating egg whites - for some things you have to beat them until stiff peaks form!http://whatscookingamerica.net/Eggs/perfectmeringue.htm

Tony M

France

13:28 Aug 4, 2006

There are different degrees involved, Pina. When you first start beating, the egg whites turn frothy, then start to go white; soon, the whisk will leave in impression in the surface if you prod it;

Sandra Petch

13:28 Aug 4, 2006

Didn't want to cause any confusion! just seemed that a few people were perplexed by the expression "battre en neige". :-)

Sandra Petch

13:26 Aug 4, 2006

Well, stiff-ish. If you gently pull the egg white mix up using the back of a spoon it will form a little peak. Just had a look in one of my recipe books and it indeed says "beat the egg whites to form soft peaks" so your chosen answer is fine!

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Sandra

13:21 Aug 4, 2006

Just wondering if the egg whites are beaten until they are stiff, can soft peaks still form? It's seems like a contradiction to me. The again, I've never made meringue. :-)

Sandra Petch

13:15 Aug 4, 2006

For info in case it helps anyone in the future, "battre en neige" means to beat until stiff. Have only ever seen it used of egg whites.

Tony M

France

18:13 Aug 3, 2006

Here's the particular 'neige' one I was thinking of:

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/48656

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Tony

17:20 Aug 3, 2006

I did a Proz.com term search (as I always do before posting) and didn't find anything. Anyone else have better luck? If so, please post the link here. Thanks.

Tony M

France

17:15 Aug 3, 2006

This has come up before, couldn't you find it in the gloss?

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ASKER

16:31 Aug 3, 2006

"oeufs en neige" just means egg whites here? Or is it a method of beating the egg whites?

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8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Beat egg whites stiffly, until they form soft peaks/mounds

Explanation:
that is how you would make meringues, but to make sure I did a google search.

Rosie S (X)
Local time: 02:52
Native speaker of:

English

3 mins confidence:

beat the egg whites until soft peaks form

Explanation:
This is how it's often stated in cookbooks.

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"Oeufs en neige" does just mean egg whites. I think the "neige" simply refers to the effect produced when the egg whites are beaten.

Mary Teissier du Cros
France
Local time: 02:52
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Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +13

beat the egg whites until they form soft peaks

Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:52
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English
PRO pts in category: 84

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suezen

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Karen Stokes

9 mins

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Dr Sue Levy (X)

22 mins

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Patrice

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Ineke Hardy

23 mins

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Tony M: Yes, 'œufs en neige' just means 'beaten egg whites'

44 mins

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Alison Jenner

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Cervin

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df49f (X): of course! what else ???

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22 mins confidence:

whisk up the egg whites to soft peaks

Explanation:
I agree with the others but I'm adding my _grain de sel_ by saying that "whisk" is more usual than "beat" in this context.

François Crompton-Roberts
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:52
Native speaker of:

English,

French

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