Muscovado Christmas tree meringues - recipe

Ingredients

Recipe , Christmas , Meringue

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1

Preheat the oven to 150C (fan 130C, gas mark 2).
2
In a large clean bowl add the whites and whisk with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form.

For this step you'll need:
- 2 Egg white(s) (free range)
3
Very slowly whisk in the sugars with the mixer on a high speed until you have a glossy, voluminous mixture. Fold through the cardamom.

For this step you'll need:
- 110g Unrefined golden caster sugar
- 110g Unrefined light muscovado sugar
- ¼tsp Cardamom
4

Fit a piping bag with 1cm plain nozzle and fill with the meringue mixture.
5

Onto two large lined baking sheets pipe Christmas tree shapes by piping a triangle starting at the base with the longest line and decreasing the length of the lines as you go up to the top of the triangle, and then piping a trunk at the bottom.
6

Place in the oven and turn the heat down straight away to 140C (fan 120C, gas mark 1), and cook for 30 minutes.
7

Turn the oven off and leave in the oven until cold about 4 hours.
8
To decorate, melt the chocolate and pipe thin bands across the trees to look like tinsel and sprinkle on the decoration of your choice.

For this step you'll need:
- 100g Dark chocolate chips
- Sprinkle decorations

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