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Special Occasions Recipes -
Strawberry Meringue Heart Recipe
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Special Occasions
Recipes
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Strawberry
Meringue Heart Recipe
Ingredients
Serves
2-4
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4
egg whites
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250 g/8 oz caster sugar
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a
few drops vanilla essence
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1/2
teaspoon lemon juice
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125 g/4 oz ground almonds
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450 ml/3/4 pint double cream, whipped
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250 g/8 oz
fresh strawberries
Method:
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Line
2 baking sheets
with lightly greased grease proof paper and draw a
23 cm/9 inch wide heart
on
each.
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To make the nut meringue, whisk the egg whites until
stiff. Add the sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time,
whisking constantly until the mixture holds its
shape.
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Fold in the vanilla essence, lemon juice and
ground almonds. Spoon the nut meringue into a piping
bag fitted with a large star nozzle.
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Pipe star
shapes on to the paper, following the outline of the
hearts. Then fill in the middles of the hearts with
smaller stars to make a solid base.
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Bake in a
preheated oven, 180°C (350°F), Gas Mark 4, for about
40-45 minutes, until crisp and lightly colored,
then cool.
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Lift the meringues off the greaseproof
paper with a palette knife. Sandwich the 2 hearts
together with two thirds of the cream and half the
strawberries.
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Use the remaining cream to pipe
rosettes around the edge of the heart and decorate
with the remaining strawberries.
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