Tuesday Treat

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Chocolate Meringues with Chantilly Cream (Serves 6)

These are as good as they look – and so simple to make! One bite and you will be smitten, whilst crunchy on the outside they have a wonderful chewy centre, then of course there’s the addition of chocolate…plus Chantilly cream! They’re not for the faint-hearted and are rather messy to eat!

*The meringue shells will keep for a few weeks in an airtight container, just add the cream when you want to serve them!

3 egg whites

180g unrefined caster sugar

25g cocoa powder (I use ‘Green & Blacks’), sifted

1 teaspoon of cornflour

For the Chantilly cream:

300ml whipping cream

25g unrefined caster sugar

1 tablespoon Kahlua liqueur

Dark chocolate shavings to decorate (optional)

  1. Firstly, preheat the oven to 140’c fan.
  2. Put the egg whites in a bowl. Using an electric hand whisk, start to whisk them slowly, gradually increasing the speed to high until the egg whites are stiff. Gradually add the caster sugar a little at a time, continuing to whisk on a high speed until thick and glossy. Finally, whisk in the sifted cocoa powder and cornflour.
  3. Line a baking tray with baking parchment and scoop the meringue mixture onto the paper in 12 spoonfuls.
  4. Place in the oven and straightaway reduce the temperature to 120’c fan. Bake for 1 hour then turn off the oven and leave to cool in the oven for a further hour.
  5. When ready to serve, whisk the cream a little then add the sugar and Kahlua and continue to whisk until it stands in soft peaks. Sandwich the meringues together with the Chantilly cream.

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Cooking has always been something I've enjoyed, I have an extensive collection of cookbooks, some are well thumbed whilst others collect dust on the shelves; I can’t bear to get rid of any cook book, just in case one day I might use it for that one obscure recipe - light on a rainy day! I enjoy eating out and discovering new flavours, whether it’s just a local haunt or a ‘dress up’ to dinner restaurant - food is my hobby! In my opinion food is the one of the most important pieces of knowledge you need to know about any culture in order to really understand it, so when we go away, it’s not the local sights that I’m googling but the best place to eat! I'm not one of those fortunate cooks who can throw something together by looking at the contents of their fridge, I need a plan to work with, then I organise my fridge around the recipe. I am however a very organised person, you might even call me a control freak! I love the orderly fashion of a recipe, I find it soothing to have a plan in front of me, so the thought of trawling through my recipe books and trying new recipes is my idea of a perfect afternoon. But I realise that this is not everyones idea of fun, hence the birth of this blog. This blog is essentially for people who adore food but don’t have the time, patience or energy to search through cook books to find that winning recipe – that’s the job of Menu Mistress!

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