Chocolate and Hazelnut Macaroons

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    16 to 18

    small macaroons
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      45 min

Appears in
In the Mood for Entertaining

By Jo Pratt

Published 2009

  • About

These will really add the ‘wow’ factor to your dinner party.

Ingredients

  • 75 g roasted and skinned hazelnuts, chopped or whole
  • 175 g icing sugar, sifted
  • 2

Method

Preheat the oven to 170°C/fan 150°C/gas 3-4.

Place the hazelnuts in a food processor with half of the icing sugar and blitz to a fine crumb.

In a large mixing bowl, whisk the egg whites until they form stiff peaks. Add the remaining icing sugar and contin