Meringue Mushrooms

Name: Meringue Mushrooms
Prep time: 2 h 45 min
Cook time: 2 h 45 min
Total time: 2 h 45 min
Yield: 40
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons cream of tartar; 3 larges egg whites, at room temperature; 177 milliliters granulated sugar; 57 grams bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, finely chopped; 2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder

You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give Meringue Mushrooms a try. This recipe covers 0% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 40. One serving contains 24 calories, 0g of protein, and 1g of fat. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and fodmap friendly diet. If you have cream of tartar, egg whites, semisweet chocolate, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Heat the oven to 200°F and arrange the racks to divide the oven into thirds. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper; set aside.

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Oven

Place the egg whites and cream of tartar in the clean, dry bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment and whisk on medium speed until soft peaks form.Increase the speed to high, gradually add 1/2 cup of the sugar about a tablespoon at a time, and whisk until stiff peaks form.

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Cream Of Tartar

Egg Whites

Sugar

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Stand Mixer

Whisk

Bowl

Remove the bowl from the mixer. Using a rubber spatula, fold in the remaining 1/4 cup of sugar.

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Sugar

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Spatula

Blender

Bowl

Transfer the meringue to a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2-inch round tip.Pipe the stems and caps of the mushrooms: Pipe half of the meringue into pointed “kisses” about 1 inch high to make the stems on one of the prepared baking sheets. (Don’t worry if the tips bend over or sag.) Pipe the remaining meringue into domes to make mushroom caps on the second baking sheet (make sure you have an equal number of stems and caps).

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Mushrooms

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Baking Sheet

Pastry Bag

Place the cocoa powder in a fine-mesh strainer and lightly dust it over the stems and caps. Fan or blow on the cocoa powder vigorously to blur it and give the mushrooms a realistic look.

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Cocoa Powder

Mushrooms

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Sieve

Place both baking sheets in the oven and bake until the meringues are crisp and completely dry, rotating the sheets from top to bottom and front to back halfway through, about 2 hours.

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Mix 3 tablespoons chestnut flour with the 1/4 cup of the sugar that is folded in at the end.

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Chestnut Flour