Chocolate and Coffee Meringues
2 hours 20 minutes
This is really easy to make and is perfect for a coffee morning or for having guests round. Don't let the kids at them though or you'll never get them asleep.
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Ingredients
Serves: 5
- Meringues
- 2 medium egg whites
- 115g caster sugar
- 75g dark chocolate, finely grated or diced
- Cocoa powder for dusting
- Filling
- 1 cup (250ml) thickened cream
- 1 teaspoon instant coffee, mixed with a little water to form a paste
- 1 tablespoon icing sugar, sifted
Directions
Preparation:20min ›
Cook:1hour ›
Extra time:1hour cooling ›
Ready in:2hours20min
- Preheat the oven to 140 degrees C.
- Meringues: Whisk the egg whites in a clean, grease free bowl until just stiff.
- Add the caster sugar bit by bit and continue whisking until the mixture is really stiff and glossy.
- Fold in the grated chocolate.
- Spoon or pipe the mixture into small fingers or rounds on a lined baking tray. You can place them quite close together as they won't change their shape. Dust with a little cocoa powder.
- Bake for 1 hour until light and crisp on the outside. Turn off the oven and leave to cool for a further hour without opening the oven door.
- Filling: When you are ready to serve whisk the cream and coffee until it starts to stiffen. Add the sugar and keep whisking until it forms soft peaks.
- Spread a little of the cream onto half of the meringues and sandwich with one another in an "embrace".
- Dust with a little more cocoa powder and serve.
