Name: Chocolate Meringues
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 25 g cocoa powder, sifted; 300 ml whipping cream; 3 egg whites; 180 g unrefined caster sugar; chocolate (70 per cent cocoa) for decoration; 25 g unrefined caster sugar; 1 tbsp Kahlua liqueur

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
2 hr 30

Appears in

The French Kitchen

By Joanne Harris and Fran Warde

Published 2002

About

These luscious meringues are wonderful with crème Chantilly and fresh fruit.

Ingredients

For the meringues

3 egg whites
180 g unrefined caster sugar
25 g

Method

Heat the oven to 140°C/gas 1.

Put the egg whites in a bowl and whisk rapidly until stiff, using an electric whisk if you have one. Add the caster sugar and whisk rapidly for another minute. Add the cocoa powder and whisk until blended.

Line a baking tray with baking parchm