take it in turns to whisk.
the swiss meringue recipe calls for using a hand and even the smallest amount of egg white can take about 20 minutes to whisk, so if there are two of you all the better.
i find it takes forever to whisk up the egg whites and sugar with an electric hand whisk.
if you are using a hand whisk , i recommend you use a narrower and taller bowl so that the whisk heads are well covered with the meringue mixture.
this helps to beat the mixture faster with better results.
in my opinion a hand whisk is not the ideal whisk to use with a meringue recipe. i 