Lavender chocolate meringues

Name: Lavender chocolate meringues
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon cocoa powder; 50 g/2 oz/scant ½ cup icing sugar; 50 g/2 oz/½ cup lavender sugar made with caster sugar; 2 egg whites; 150 g/5 oz dark chocolate – at least 70% solids; 50 g/2 oz/½ cup lavender sugar made with caster sugar; 25 g/1 oz/¼ stick unsalted butter, softened and at room temperature; 150 g/5 oz dark chocolate – at least 70% solids; 2 eggs, separated; a drop or two of culinary lavender essence

Preparation info

Makes
6 to 8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Floral Baker

By Frances Bissell

Published 2014

About

Grease and flour or line two baking sheets.

Ingredients

Meringue

50 g/2 oz/scant ½ cup icing sugar
1

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

This recipe contains uncooked eggs

Sift the icing sugar and cocoa. Whisk the egg whites to firm peaks, adding a tablespoon of lavender sugar after a minute or two. When the whites are firm, gently whisk in the remaining sugar and then carefully fold in the cocoa mixture. Spoon the mer