Ingredients :
45g icing sugar
38g ground almonds
5g granulated sugar
59g egg whites
Method :
01. Preheat the oven to 93 degrees Celsius
02. Combine icing sugar and ground almonds.
03. Beat the egg whites to a soft peak.
04. Add granulated sugar and beat to stiff peaks.
05. Add 1/3 of the icing sugar and almond mix to the egg whites.
06. Fold it in.
07. Repeat steps 5 and 6.
08. Add the mix to a piping bag, and draw circles on some parchment.
09. Pipe the mix into the circles.
10. Bake for 5 minutes, then remove and turn oven up to 190 degrees Celsius.
11. Bake for another 7 - 8 minutes.
This is absolutely not the result you should be looking for!!!
Thinking I had perhaps gotten the measurements wrong, I tried again, and no luck this time either!
Using Tartlette's Recipe
Ingredients :
90g egg whites
30g granulated sugar
200g icing sugar
110g ground almonds
Method :
01. Use steps 02 - 09 as above
02. Leave to harden on counter for 30 - 60 minutes.
03. Bake at 160 degrees Celsius for 15 to 20 minutes.
For the chocolate version, I used half of the mixture with 1 tbsp of cocoa powder added.
04. When they are cooled, pipe a little filling and stick two together!
Plain with Nutella filling
Chocolate with Orange Cream filling
A successful finish!
