Chocolate Meringue Cookies

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 225 F.
2. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
3. Be sure that mixing bowl is clean.
4. Place 3 egg whites into a mixing bowl and beat for about 1 min. (until frothy)
5. Add 1/2 tsp cream of tartar.
6. Beat until soft peaks form.
7. At this point start adding 3/4 cup icing sugar.
8. Please add very slowly.
9. This is important! Please add sugar very, very s-l-o-w.
10. Mix until sugar dissolved and stiff peaks form.
11. Pipe the rose on the parchment paper. ( I used a Wilton 1M open star or you can use 2D)
12. The size of rose is 2 inches.
13. Bake at 225 F for about 40 minutes.
14. Turn the oven off and don't open the door.
15. Leave the meringues in the oven to finish drying for 1 hour.
16. After one hour, let cookies completely cool.
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18. Filling
19. gr Lindt chocolate with hazelnut (chopped into a small pieces)
20. /4 cup heavy cream
21. Using a small sauce pan bring heavy cream to a simmer.
22. Pour over chopped chocolate.
23. Let stand for 5 minutes.
24. Stir until smooth.
25. Let cool in the fridge. (2 to 3 hours)
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27. Assembly Line (think manufacturing)
28. Take the meringue cookie and pipe chocolate filling.
29. Place the second cookie on top.
30. Repeat until all cookies are done.
31. Important
32. Make sure to assemble the cookies no more than 1 hour before serving. (the moist in the whipping cream will soften the cookies)