Brown sugar meringues with rhubarb and yoghurt cream
serves
6
Jammy rhubarb and a tart labneh cream are the perfect match for these brown sugar meringue nests in chef Joel Bennetts' autumnal take on the classic dessert.
Ingredients (11)
- 115g caster sugar
- 75g brown sugar
- 6 egg whites
- 1 tsp lemon juice
Yoghurt cream
- 200ml pure (thin) cream
- 400g labneh, at room temperature
- 1 tsp runny honey
Rhubarb
- 300g rhubarb, finely chopped
- Juice of 1/2 a lemon
- 90g caster sugar
- 90g brown sugar
Don't forget you can add these ingredients to your Woolworths shopping list.
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1.Preheat oven to 120°C. Line a large baking tray with baking paper.
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2.Combine sugars in a small bowl. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whisk the egg whites until medium peaks form. Add the sugar mixture, 1 spoonful at a time, whisking until incorporated before adding the next. Whisk for a further 8 minutes or until smooth and glossy, then gently fold in a pinch of salt and the lemon juice.
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3.Spoon 6 even-sized meringues onto the prepared tray. Place in the oven, reduce heat to 100°C and bake for 3 hours or until crisp and dry. Allow to cool in the oven with the door ajar for 1 hour.
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4.Meanwhile, for the rhubarb, place all ingredients in a saucepan over medium heat and cook for 5 minutes or until soft and jammy. Set aside to cool completely.
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5.For the yoghurt cream, place cream in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment and whisk until stiff peaks. Fold through labneh and honey.
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6.Top meringues with yoghurt cream and poached rhubarb to serve.
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