Iced Meringues (meringues glacées) Recipe

Ingredients :

6 oz icing sugar

6 egg whites

4 tsp flour

6 oz chopped nuts (almonds, hazelnuts or walnuts)

Sieve the sugar. Beat the egg whites until they form peaks, then beat in 4 tbsp of the sugar. Fold in the remaining sugar, flour and nuts. Line 2 oven trays with well-oiled greaseproof paper and pipe on the meringues in well-spaced rounds about 3-in across. Bake in a cool oven 100C, 200F, Gas 1/4 for about 150 minutes. Leave to cool.

To serve, chill in the freezing compartment of the refrigerator for about 3 hours, then fill with coffee ice cream just before serving, sandwiching the meringues together in pairs.

Serves 6

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