Chocolate Meringues

Name: Chocolate Meringues
Ingredients: 2 oz / 60 g unsalted butter, at room temperature; 2 egg yolks; 1 tbsp cocoa powder; 2 egg whites; 2 oz / 60 g caster sugar; 4 oz / 110 g high quality plain chocolate; 2 oz / 60 g icing sugar

Preparation info

Makes
6–8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Times Cookbook

By Frances Bissell

Published 1995

About

Ingredients

2 oz / 60 g icing sugar
1 tbsp cocoa powder

Cookies
Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Sift the icing sugar and cocoa together into a bowl. Whisk the egg whites to firm peaks, adding a tablespoon of caster 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. Butter two baking sheets and dust with flou