Name: Meringato Castagne e Cioccolato (Chocolate and Chestnut Meringue)
Prep time: 2 h 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 3 h 30 min
Yield: Serves: 6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 125 g egg whites; 50 ml water; 35 g sugar; 160 ml coffee gel; 80 g egg yolk; 150 g boiled chestnuts; 200 g roasted chestnuts, roughly chopped; 30 g butter, softened; 30 g brown sugar; 250 g sugar; 100 g borlotti beans powder; 150 g dark chocolate (55%); Pinch salt; 1 egg; 150 ml double cream; 40 g hazelnut paste; 12 g 00 flour; 100 g egg; 100 ml milk; Coffee powder, to dust; 40 g sugar; 50 g 00 flour; 25 g muscovado sugar

Preparation info

Serves:
6

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
3 hr 30

Appears in

4 Grosvenor Square

By Danilo Cortellini

Published 2016

About

This signature dessert of mine is a bit more complex than others in this book and the key ingredient, chestnuts, might not be to everyone’s taste, but it happens to be one of my favourite fruits. Growing up, I spent lots of time with my grandparents in a small mountainous village where we would collect chestnuts from our family trees and roast them in our fireplace. By mixing sweet and savoury ingredients I wanted to recreate an earthy edge in my chestnuts dessert, a dish that still reminds