Ingredients

Method

• For the meringue:
• 4 free-range egg whites
• ¼ t cream of tartar
• 220 g caster sugar
• ½ t vanilla extract
• ½ t white vinegar
• 1–2 cups mascarpone
• 200 g mixed berries
• For the gold drizzle:
• 2 t edible gold dust
• 3 t alcohol (e.g. vodka)

Method

Ingredients

1. Preheat the oven to 110°C. Beat the egg whites with the cream of tartar until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in the sugar, then beat until stiff and glossy. Fold in the vanilla and vinegar.

2. Line large baking trays with baking paper. Spread thin rounds of meringue mixture onto the baking paper – some small, some a little larger – I like them different sizes.

3. Bake for 1 hour. Turn off the heat and leave to cool in the oven.

4. Spread with mascarpone and stud with berries and layer to make a tower if you like.

5. Mix the gold dust and alcohol to form drizzle and use to gild the meringue tower.

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