Sugar Alert!!! This is NOT a 'Healthy' recipe. I created it years ago. My Granddaughter is here for a visit now and convinced me to make them for her. . .(us). . .She's a bad influence!
These began as individual Lemon Meringues. My daughter-in-law made an incredible lemon curd, while I was visiting them many years ago, and gave me some to take home. I decided to build a dessert around it. I made meringue shells, spooned in the lemon curd and topped them with whipped cream. It was wonderful. This variation has less of a tart-sweet contrast and is always requested by my chocolate-loving friends. (Don't attempt this in humid weather, the meringues will be a mess.)
Combine egg whites and cream of tartar in a medium mixing bowl. Add sugar a little at a time, beating well after each addition. Continue beating until all sugar is incorporated and the mixture forms firm peaks.
Spread into nests on a parchment or brown-paper-lined cookie sheet, creating a center depression in each. Bake 1 hour in a 275° - don't open the door. Shut oven off and leave meringues in the closed oven with the light on 3 hours to dry and cool.
Chocolate Filling:
9 Milk chocolate Dove candies
9 Dark chocolate Dove candies
4 oz Mascarpone cheese
These began as individual Lemon Meringues. My daughter-in-law made an incredible lemon curd, while I was visiting them many years ago, and gave me some to take home. I decided to build a dessert around it. I made meringue shells, spooned in the lemon curd and topped them with whipped cream. It was wonderful. This variation has less of a tart-sweet contrast and is always requested by my chocolate-loving friends. (Don't attempt this in humid weather, the meringues will be a mess.)
Meringue Shells:
3 egg whites - at room temp.
1/4 t cream of tartar
1 t good quality vanilla
6 T sugar
Combine egg whites and cream of tartar in a medium mixing bowl. Add sugar a little at a time, beating well after each addition. Continue beating until all sugar is incorporated and the mixture forms firm peaks.
Spread into nests on a parchment or brown-paper-lined cookie sheet, creating a center depression in each. Bake 1 hour in a 275° - don't open the door. Shut oven off and leave meringues in the closed oven with the light on 3 hours to dry and cool.
Chocolate Filling:
9 Milk chocolate Dove candies
9 Dark chocolate Dove candies
4 oz Mascarpone cheese
1 t good quality vanilla
Place unwrapped ;-) chocolate in a small, heavy bottom pan over VERY low heat. Stir constantly until soft and almost liquid. Quickly add the Mascarpone cheese and vanilla. Stir together, spoon into cooled, dry meringue shells. Chill 20-30 minutes. Top with whipped cream. . .Lin
Place unwrapped ;-) chocolate in a small, heavy bottom pan over VERY low heat. Stir constantly until soft and almost liquid. Quickly add the Mascarpone cheese and vanilla. Stir together, spoon into cooled, dry meringue shells. Chill 20-30 minutes. Top with whipped cream. . .Lin
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