Celebrate with little indulgences--a little ice cream, a little sauce and lots of flavor.
Double Chocolate Meringues
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 4 hr 50 min
- Servings 8
- Ingredients 12
Ingredients
Meringues
- 3 egg whites
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup finely chopped hazelnuts
- 1 quart chocolate ice cream
Bittersweet Chocolate Sauce
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine
- 1 1/2 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate, cut into pieces
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
- 1/4 cup half-and-half
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 275°F. Cover cookie sheet with heavy brown paper or cooking parchment paper.
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Step2In medium bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar with electric mixer on high speed until foamy. Beat in 3/4 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time; continue beating until stiff and glossy. Do not underbeat. Fold in hazelnuts. Drop meringue by 1/3 cupfuls in 8 mounds onto paper. Shape into circles, building up sides.
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Step3Bake meringues 1 hour. Turn off oven; leave meringues in oven with door closed 1 hour 30 minutes. Finish cooling at room temperature, about 2 hours.
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Step4In 1-quart saucepan, melt butter and chocolate over low heat, stirring constantly. Stir in 3/4 cup sugar, the cocoa, half-and-half and salt. Heat slowly to boiling; do not stir. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla. Fill each meringue with scoop of ice cream. Serve with warm sauce.
Nutrition
420
Calories
19g
Total Fat
5g
Protein
60g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 420
- Calories from Fat
- 170
- Total Fat
- 19g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 11g
- 0%
- Cholesterol
- 40mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 150mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 60g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 3g
- 0%
- Protein
- 5g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 10%
- 10%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 8%
- 8%
- Iron
- 8%
- 8%
Exchanges:
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