Recipe - Chocolate Hazelnut Meringues (Hl)

One fourth cup Toasted hazelnuts, chopped
Parchment paper
3 Egg whites, at room
temperature
1/8 teaspoon Cream of tartar
One half teaspoon Vanilla extract
2/3 cup Granulated sugar
One fourth cup Semisweet chocolate morsels,
coarsely chopped

Toast hazelnuts on a cookie sheet in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 8
minutes. Lower the oven temperature to 300 degrees for baking the
meringues. Line baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.

In a medium bowl, combine the egg whites with the cream of tartar and the
vanilla. Beat at mediumhigh speed until soft peaks form. Add the sugar
slowly to the egg mixture, one tablespoon at a time, while beating. Beat
until all of the sugar is incorporated and the mixture is stiff and glossy.
Using a large rubber spatula, fold in the chocolate morsels and the nuts.
Drop slightly rounded tablespoons onto parchmentlined baking sheets,
allowing 1 inch between spoonfuls. Bake for 30 minutes at 300 degrees.
Leaving the meringues int the oven, turn the oven off and allow cookies to
sit in the oven for at least one hour, until they are completely dry and
crisp. Remove from the oven and transfer to wire cooling racks.

Yield: 5060 meringues

Nutritional information: 16 calories and .6 grams of fat per meringue

Copyright, 1997, TV FOOD NETWORK, G.P., All Rights Reserved

Busted by Gail Shermeyer 4paws@netrax.net on May 24, 1997

Recipe by: TVFN: RECIPE FOR HEALTH SHOW #RHD147 Posted to MCRecipe Digest
V1 #639 by 4paws@netrax.net (ShermeyerGail) on Jun 07, 1997