Making meringues in the microwave

For eight palm-sized meringues, take an egg white, beat it slightly, and add enough icing sugar to make a stiff fondant (about 35o g) - shape into walnut-sized balls, and put one on either end of a piece of baking parchment. Microwave at full power for 40 seconds or so. Let cool, then remove from the paper.

Here's the before (on the right) and the after -
It's magic! They puff up and spread before your very eyes -ok they deflate when the cooking stops, unlike the ones baked slowly in a low-temperature oven, but if you need meringues quickly, the microwave method is the way to go.