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Christmas Meringue Tree

An extravagant dessert treat for that festive time of the year. Meringues are stacked upon each other in a Christmas-tree shape and make an elegant centrepiece. - by Amy Sinclair
  • 01 Sep 2016
Cook: 140 Minutes - medium - Serves 12 - Vegetarian - gluten-free - nut-free
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An extravagant dessert treat for that festive time of the year. Meringues are stacked upon each other in a Christmas-tree shape and make an elegant centrepiece.

Ingredients

6 egg whites, at room temperature

1½ cups caster sugar

liquid red food colouring, to tint

½ x 375 g bag white chocolate melts, melted

Mini peppermint candy canes, to decorate

Method

  1. Grease three large oven trays. Trace 80 x 5cm circles onto three sheets of baking paper, 2cm apart. Place, trace-side down, onto prepared trays.
  2. Beat egg whites in a large bowl of an electric mixer until soft peaks form. With motor operating, add sugar, 1 tbsp at a time, beating well after each addition until sugar is dissolved. Beat for a further 10 minutes, or until smooth and glossy.
  3. Dot five separate drops of colouring over meringue. Do not stir or mix. Gently spoon half the mixture into a piping bag fitted with a 1½cm plain nozzle, without mixing in the colouring. Pipe mixture onto circles on prepared trays. Repeat with remaining mixture, adding more drops of colouring.
  4. Cook in a very slow oven (120C) for about 1 hour, 
20 minutes, or until meringues 
are dry and firm to touch. Turn 
off oven. Leave to cool in oven with door ajar.
  5. To assemble, arrange 19 meringues, side by side, over the base of a serving plate in the shape of a circle, using chocolate to join meringues together. Arrange remaining meringues on their side, around the edge of the base, joining 
with chocolate, to create a tree shape, as pictured.
  6. Decorate tree with candy canes by using a small amount of chocolate to glue the canes to the meringue.
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