Cookie Recipes - Hazelnut Moments Recipe

  
 

Meringue Recipes - Hazelnut Moments Recipe

Ingredients

  • 2 large egg whites

  • 1/2 cup/100 g granulated sugar

  • 2 tbsp vanilla sugar

  • 1 cup/150 g finely ground shelled hazelnuts, toasted + 25-30 hazelnuts

  • 1/8 tsp freshly grated nutmeg

  • 1 tsp fresh lemon juice

  • 1 tsp water

  • 3 tbsp confectioners'/icing sugar, to dust

Method:

  1. Preheat the oven to 300°F/150°C/gas 2. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

  2. Beat the egg whites in a medium bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed in a bowl over barely simmering water.

  3. With mixer at high speed, gradually beat in the granulated and vanilla sugars. Mix in the ground hazelnuts, nutmeg, and lemon  juice and beat until frothy.

  4. The mixture should remain just warm to the touch. Remove from the water and beat with an electric mixer until stiff and glossy. Mix in the nuts.

  5. Fill a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2-inch (1-cm) plain tip and squeeze out 1-inch (2.5-cm) rounds onto the prepared cookie sheets.

  6. Press a hazelnut into the center of each cookie. Brush lightly with water and dust with the confectioners' sugar.

  7. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until lightly golden around the edges and just firm to the touch.

  8. Transfer on their parchment to racks and cool until the cookies firm slightly. Peel from the paper and let cool completely.