CHOCOLATE MERINGUES

Ingredients........3 egg whites, 110gm of firmly packed light brown sugar, 110gm of icing sugar, 25gm of cocoa, 150gm of milk chocolate, melted. Preheat your oven to 120deg C. Line 3 baking trays with baking paper. Mix together the cocoa and icing sugar in a small bowl. Use your electric mixer to beat the egg whites until soft peaks form. Add the brown sugar and continue beating until the sugar dissolves. Fold in the icing sugar mixture. Spoon the mixture into a piping bag, fitted with a 1cm plain nozzle tube. Pipe the mixture into 22cm x 6cm rounds about 2.5cm apart. Bake the meringues for about 2 hours in the preheated oven. Cool the meringues in the oven with the door ajar. Dip the tops of the meringues into the melted chocolate. Stand at room temperature until set. Dust with a little extra icing sugar serve.