Chocolate Cookies with Meringues

⏳ Time

2 hours

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

Wine vinegar is almost impossible to find — it can be perfectly replaced with baking soda (1 teaspoon) neutralized with vinegar. Mint syrup can be substituted by pouring boiling water (a minimal amount) over chopped mint and using this mint water instead of 1.5 tablespoons of regular water for making the meringue. Powdered sugar for meringues can be purchased with cinnamon. Approximately 40 cookies.

Ingredients

Butter - 3.9 oz
Farm fresh eggs - 5 pieces
Powdered Sugar - 14.1 oz
Vanillin - 1 teaspoon
Cocoa Powder - 1.1 oz
Sugar - to taste
Cream of tartar - ½ teaspoon
Mint Water - 1 teaspoon
70% Dark Chocolate - 3.5 oz
Olive Oil - 1 tablespoon

Step by Step guide

Step 1

For the cookies, mix the butter and 100 g of powdered sugar. Beat 1 egg and add half of it to the butter mixed with sugar. Add vanillin and then cocoa powder. Mix everything well and divide the mixture into two parts, wrapping each in plastic wrap. Place in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.

Step 2

Preheat the oven to 356°F. Take one part of the dough. Take parchment paper, sprinkle it with sugar, and roll out the dough on it. Then cut out equal pieces (about 5 mm high). Place the cookies on the parchment paper and bake in the oven for no more than 10 minutes. Repeat the process with the second part of the dough. Leave to cool.

Step 3

For the meringues, which will be prepared in a double boiler, prepare 2 pots such that one fits into the other. Fill the larger pot with a few centimeters of water and place it on the heat.

Step 4

In the smaller pot, place 300 g of powdered sugar, 4 egg whites, cream of tartar, and 1.5 tablespoons of water. Beat the mixture for about a minute and place the pot with the contents into the larger pot. Start beating for 10–12 minutes. The mixture should thicken. Add a couple of drops of mint syrup.

Step 5

Place the mixture in a piping bag and pipe spirals in the center of the cookies, leaving the edges free. Put the cookies in the refrigerator.

Step 6

For the sauce, melt the chocolate in a double boiler, adding olive oil. Pour the sauce over the meringues. Leave the cookies in the refrigerator for a few hours, after which serve with tea.