Cooking up something nice.

I am just finishing some cooking, but not literally! These are some teasers for a new project I am working on, but not alone. All this cooking will make sense soon.

Keep checking out my blog to find out more!

Meringue success recipe

I wasn't too sure about how to make meringue, especially the great ginger & chocolate meringue but I just got a few ingredients from morrisons for the ginger & chocolate and stole a meringue nest recipe from the BBC site and adapted it.

As requested:

• 4 egg whites
• 250g caster sugar
• 100g plain Morrisons chocolate
• half a pot of glacier ginger also from Morrisons - although next time I would like to use crystalized ginger and I would just use accordingly to your taste for ginger (i like lots!)

• Whip all egg whites together until fluffy.
• Slowly added the sugar, spoon by spoon and keep whipping.
• When glossy stiff & peaky add the ginger and chopped chocolate.(I gently folded these in with a metal spoon to make sure it is all mixed up and to keep the air in).
• Dollop onto a grease proof papered baking tray.
• Put in the over at Gas mark 2 for 15 mins and then turn down to Gas mark 1/2 and leave to cook for 1 hour 15 mins (apparently this makes it nice and chewing inside and crispy on the outside).

I hope to see you all having a go now, because if i can make these then anyone can! I look forward to seeing the pictures of your creations!