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Chocolate Orange Meringues
Delicious meringue with a hint of orange and a rich milk chocolate ganache filling.
Active Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
Total Time: 6 hours
Cooling Time: 3 hours 55 minutes
Servings: 6 meringue sandwiches
Equipment
- Weighing scales
- Electric mixer (you can use a hand whisk but it's hard work!)
- Measuring spoons
- Baking sheet
- Baking parchment or bake-o-glide sheet (or similar)
- Piping bag and large star nozzle
- Grated, peeler or sharp knife.
- Small saucepan
- Medium-large bowl
- Large spoon
INGREDIENTS
Orange Meringues
- 2 large egg whites
- 100 g caster sugar
- ¼ tsp Boyajian orange citrus oil
Milk chocolate ganache
- 100 g good quality milk chocolate - I used Amedei chocolate - also from King's Fine Foods
- 100 ml double cream
INSTRUCTIONS
Make the meringues
- Pre-heat your oven to 100ºC/80ºC fan.
- Line your baking sheet with baking parchment or bake-o-glide sheet.
- Put your egg whites (2 large egg whites) into a large bowl and beat on a low speed until foamy. Increase the speed to medium and beat until they form a soft peak.
- With your mixer still running, add the caster sugar (100g) a tablespoon at a time and whisk until combined. Continue to beat until you have a stiff peak.
- Add the orange oil (¼ tsp) and carefully fold into the meringue mixture until fully combined.
- Attach the nozzle to your piping bag and fill the piping bag with the meringue. Pipe your meringue roses onto the baking sheet (if you need guidance on how to do this have a look at this video).
- Place into the oven and cook for 1 hour 45 minutes. Once cooked turn off the oven but don't open it. Leave the meringues in until the oven has cooled completely (this can take several hours).
- Once the oven has cooled completely remove the meringues and either use them immediately or store them in an airtight container to use later.
Make the milk chocolate ganache
- Grate the milk chocolate (100g) and put it into a large bowl (you could also use a peeler or very finely chop it using a sharp knife).
- Heat the double cream in a small saucepan. You want it to be warm but not boiling (about 50-60ºC - if it's too hot it will seize the chocolate and cause it to go lumpy).
- Once the cream has warmed, pour it onto the chocolate and quickly stir it together until completely combined and the chocolate is completely melted.
- At this point the ganache will be too runny to use so it needs to be left to set. If you're using it that day then you can cover and leave it to set for an hour or so at room temperature. If you're making it in advance then pop it into the fridge to set.
Build your meringue sandwiches
- Make sure your ganache is at room temperature.
- Fill a piping bag with ganache (with a pretty nozzle attached if you want) and carefully pipe the ganache onto one side of the meringue. Place another piece of meringue on top to make the sandwich.
- Repeat until all of the meringues are filled.
- Serve.
NOTES
You can find some extra tips for meringue success in my recipe for black forest pavlova.
This recipe does't need a lot of your time to make, but you do need to make sure you get everything ready in advance as the meringues need several hours to cook and cool and the ganache needs an hour or so to set. If you don't allow the meringues to cool and ganache to set properly you'll end up with cracked meringues and runny ganache.
The meringues can be made in advance and either stored for a few days in an airtight container or frozen in a baking parchment lined box.
The ganache can also be made a few days in advance and stored in the fridge. Make sure you remove it from the fridge and allow it to come up to room temperature before attempting to fill your meringues.
NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION
Serving: 1sandwich | Calories: 245kcal | Carbohydrates: 25.5g | Protein: 2.5g | Fat: 14.6g | Saturated Fat: 9.1g | Sodium: 40mg | Sugar: 25.3g
Any nutritional information provided is the estimated nutritional information per serving. Please refer to my guide to Charlotte’s Lively Kitchen nutritional information if you would like to learn more about how this is calculated.