Brown sugar meringues difficulty * #82

Makes about 15

Preparing time: 25 minutes 

Cooking time: 60 minutes 

Ingredients: 

• 100 g light sugar 
• 75 g caster sugar 
• 200 g clotted cream 
• 3 eggs whites

1. Mix together the sugars in a bowl 
2. Whisk the egg whites in a large clean bowl with a hand-held electric whisk until peaking 
3. Whisk in a tablespoonful of the sugar mixture and continue to whisk for about 15 seconds 
4. Gradually add the remaining sugar, a spoonful at a time and whisking well between each addition, until thick and glossy
5. Spoon about 30 dessertspoonfuls of the mixture into roughly swirled mounds on 2 baking sheets lined with baking parchment 
6. Alternatively, spoon into a piping bag fitted with a nozzle and pipe swirls on to the baking sheets 
7. Bake in a preheated oven, 120 C(250 F), Gas Mark 1/2 for about 60 minutes until the meringues are crisp and come away easily from the paper 
8. Leave on the paper to cool, then use the clotted cream to sandwich the meringues together in pairs.
9. Enjoy! :-)