MANGO AND PASSION FRUIT MERINGUES
Ingredients
- 4 free-range egg whites
- 125g/4oz caster sugar
- 125g/4oz icing sugar
- sifted
- 1 x 425g/15oz tin sliced mango
- drained (juice discarded)
- 1 lime
- finely grated zest only
- 2 passion fruit
- pulp scooped out
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 110C/225F/Gas ¼. Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper.
- Beat the egg whites in a bowl until stiff peaks form when the whisk is removed. Slowly add the caster sugar
- whisking well after each addition
- until the mixture is smooth and glossy.
- Carefully fold in one-third of the icing sugar
- then repeat with the remaining two-thirds.
- Spoon the meringue mixture into a piping bag and pipe 18 small dollops of meringue onto the lined baking tray. Make a small hollow in the top of each meringue with the back of a teaspoon (for the filling to go in)
- then bake in the oven for 1½ -1¾ hours
- or until cooked through.
- Meanwhile
- for the filling
- blend the mango slices and lime zest to a purée in a food processor. Stir in the pulp of one of the passion fruit.
- To serve
- spoon a little mango and passion fruit purée into the hollow of each meringue and drizzle over the remaining passion fruit pulp.

