Is there any way to make a meringue substitute that does not use egg?

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I used to like lemon meringue as a child MANY years ago but cannot have it now. BTW I'm egg-sensitive, not began, so I could use a recipe that contains milk. Do not know how or why or exactly when I became egg sensitive.

Update:

TYPO Should have said 'not vegan' rather than 'not began'

Anonymous · Answer

The other answers aren't giving you vegan recipes because you're vegan.   They're giving you those suggestions because that's how you make a "meringue" without eggs.

Whipping milk/cream gives you whipped cream, not meringue.

kswck2 · Answer

The thick, gelatinous 'juice' that many canned beans will work as it has the correct consistency. Probably I'd use chick peas/garbanzo beans-same thing, or white Great Northern beans, as they are both the correct or a neutral color, whereas with black beans well, unless you want black meringue.

sunshine_mel · Answer

Yep - aquafaba, or the water that comes in tins of chickpeas. Google vegan meringue recipes - there's plenty of them now

Is there any way to make a meringue substitute that does not use egg?

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