Meringue nests and strawberry frozen yogurt

In Texas spring is here and as we know spring brings strawberries, during the weekend I got some at the grocery store, at that point I did not know what to do with them, I was not thinking about any dessert in particular, I just wanted to eat them with yogurt for breakfast or a light dinner. Later that day I made some dulce de leche ice cream for my son and of course I got some whites left over. While I was eating some yogurt with strawberries I started to think what could I do with them..financiers...macarons...and suddenly I realize I could make some frozen yogurt and some meringue nests to serve it.

I see this strawberry frozen yogurt as a hybrid between a sorbet and an ice cream, very refreshing and creamy, of course not as creamy as the ice cream but that is something you give up in order to reduce the calories. Unfortunately I did not have whole fat plain yogurt so I used the O% fat one, next time I will use the former to get something creamier. This frozen yogurt is fantastic as a fresh dessert for these warm Texas spring days.

Meringue nests

300 grs of whites
300 grs sugar
300 grs confectioners sugar

Whisk the whites and 300 gr of sugar over a double boiler until the mix reaches 50 C
Take the bowl out of the double boiler and keep whisking until the bowl cools down to room temperature
Fold in the confectioners sugar.
Using a piping bag with the any tip you like, I used a medium size star tip, pipe the nests on a baking sheet lined with a silpat or parchment paper.
Dry the nests in a 250 F oven during 2 hs.

Frozen yogurt
(modified from The perfect scoop)
454 grs of strawberries
125 grs of sugar
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
1 tablespoon of kirsch
240 grs of plain yogurt

Cut the strawberries in quarts
Add the next 3 ingredients and mix, cover and let it sit on the counter for 1 h
Add the yogurt and puree the mix using a handhold mixer or a blender.
Chill the mixture for at least 1 h in the refrigerator and then churn in your ice cream machine