Making revolutionary rolls

[not2late]

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Okay.. anyone doing this by hand has gotta be certifiably crazy! I'm buying one of those electrical things.. this is insanity!

Think of it as good exercise.

If I'm beating one or two egg whites, I do it with a fork or a wire whisk----saves me from washing the mixer.

[not2late]

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By the way, there's a difference between stirring and beating. Stirring---like you would stir a pot of soup---will get you nowhere fast. You need to whip/beat the whites. That is you tilt the bowl slightly, puddling the egg whites at the side and bottom of the bowl and the movement of the fork or whisk is to follow the curve of the bowl---in an under into the egg whites and out and over movement.

[not2late]

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here's a youtube link to hand whipping a egg white:

YouTube - How To Whip Egg Whites

[Brook]

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good god my arms hurt.. I got one egg for testing purposes.. I've been beating this thing for 4 minutes so far.. I can't keep doing this for much longer.. need to type to take a break i got it foamy.. white now.. but not stiff yet.. ok, back to work

Sorry. This made me . I warned ya!!

[mission to lose]

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Hi guys..

I cannot beat 3 egg whites with 1/8 spoon of cream of tartar and a pinch of salt enough to have it stiffen up.

What am I doing wrong?

I don't know if it makes a difference, but my recipe adds the salt to the yolks. I don't know if it makes a difference if you add it to the whites.

And yes, over mixing is just as bad as undermixing. And when you add them together, be very gentle as you "fold" the two mixtures together so the whites don't deflate and breakdown.

I could NEVER do it by hand. I just made a batch tonight and they were extra fluffy in size. I use an electric mixer. $6.00 at Walmart, though I don't think they have Walmarts yet in Dubai. I was tired of dragging my big heavy KitchenAid mixer out all the time.

Enjoy!

~Mary

[jcapulet]

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Holy guacamoles, I could never beat egg whites by hand either. It takes approximately 5 minutes for my egg whites to stiffen via an electric blender. Any longer and I'd never make them

[dxbfatguy]

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I am happy to report that I have been successful at beating egg whites using an electric mixer, which takes about 2 minutes. I have been making those so-called revolutionary rolls with varying degrees of success. They taste more like croissants than anything else, which is fine..

Then I discovered flax seeds! Oh man, this was like a second awakening! I'm sure the recipe is somewhere on this forum, but I found it here: Flax Bread Recipe - Low-Carb Focaccia-Style Flax Bread

Let me just say, I really really like the taste. I've never been a fan of white bread. The flavor I get from flaxseeds is amazingly good. It suits me perfectly. I would like to declare that I have found the one thing that would make doing the Atkins diet for life a very real possibility.

I am happy to give up most of the things that are on the no-no list, with the only exception of bread. And, ladies and gentlemen.. call it what you will, to me, this is bread.

So, I have my bread (flaxseeds recipe) and my croissants (atkins revolutionary rolls)... and there is this very strange satisfaction from being able to bake my own food. This is coming from a guy whose only cooking skills are in frying eggs

Thank you all for your support! I really appreciate it!

[jcapulet]

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Wow, I just read that recipe and it looks yummy! I love low-carb recipes that call for ground flax...I'm printing the recipe.

Thanks for posting that, can't wait to try it out.

[d33na]

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um I tried making a pavlova last year and I remembered something my grandmother said about beating egg whites...the easiest way to make sure your implements *whisk & bowl) are clean is to cut a lemon in half and rub it over them...it worked like a charm! Hope that helps...and YES cooking is an amazing feeling.

[MightyMartha]

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A whip or an electric mixer would work much better than a fork.

[Babs]

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Hi guys..

I know this may be a bit of an odd post, but I am completely lost here. I tried to make the revolutionary rolls.. but for the life of me, I cannot beat 3 egg whites with 1/8 spoon of cream of tartar and a pinch of salt enough to have it stiffen up.

I don't have a food processor, but I have a blender. I threw it all in the blender and let it run for a couple minutes.. nothing.

What am I doing wrong?

I don't put the pinch of salt in the egg white and cream of tartar. I put it in the egg yolk and cream cheese. I follow the recipe "Improved Revolution Roll" Linda has posted on her website.