Name: Chocolate meringues with chocolate cream
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: Makes 16-20 meringues
Ingredients: 3 egg whites; 150g/5陆oz golden caster sugar; 50g/2oz good quality dark chocolate, grated or finely chopped; 2 tsp cocoa, sieved; 100驳/3陆辞锄 chocolate; 50ml/2fl oz double cream

Chocolate meringues with chocolate cream

Preparation time

less than 30 mins

Cooking time

30 mins to 1 hour

Serves

Makes 16-20 meringues

Dietary

听

Vegetarian

By Rachel Allen

From Saturday Kitchen

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Preparation time

less than 30 mins

Cooking time

30 mins to 1 hour

Serves

Makes 16-20 meringues

Dietary

听

Vegetarian

Ingredients

For the chocolate meringues

3 egg whites
150g/5陆oz golden caster sugar
50g/2oz good quality dark chocolate, grated or finely chopped
2 tsp cocoa, sieved

For the cream

100驳/3陆辞锄 chocolate
50ml/2fl oz double cream

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Method

Preheat the oven to 140C/275F/Gas 1.
Line two baking trays with greaseproof paper.
In a clean, dry bowl whisk egg whites until soft peaks form.
Gradually whisk in the sugar until stiff peaks form.
Stir together the chocolate and cocoa and fold gently into the meringue.
Spoon tablespoons of the mixture onto the prepared trays and quickly put in the oven before the mixture loses volume.
Cook for 40 minutes.
To make the cream, gently melt the chocolate with the cream in a small heavy-bottomed saucepan.
Pour into a bowl and allow to cool.
To serve, make a 'sandwich' using two meringues and the chocolate cream as the filling.