So, here is the recipe for the best meringue I've ever had. It is soft in the inside and has a slightly crusty cover. You can use hazelnut, marzipan or both as filling. It is easy and fast to make. Looks very good, but you cannot stop eating them anyway.

I used free-range eggs, from chickens, which lived their life outside on the fresh air, ate natural food, didn't die at the age of 6 weeks, didn't have a breast, which they couldn't carry. I used fairtrade sugar and chocolate, which didn't contribute to slavery or illegal child labor. I used organic marzipan, from local almonds and local hazelnuts. I used local cornstarch and vinegar.

Almost all recipes say preheat the oven. Apart from some cases, it is not necessary. Reuse the bakingpaper or use a reusable one from silicon. Do not roast a duck next to your meringues, but you can always think ahead, maybe you can put something next to your cake, this way you save energy.

 

50 g of dark chocolate

50 g hazelnut or marzipan (or 25 grams of both) do not add more, than 50 grams!

3 egg whites

190 g granulated sugar

1/2 tsp corn starch

1/2 tsp vinegar

food color (optional)

 

Melt the chocolate over a water bath, maximum to 42 degrees. Roast the hazelnut, peel off the brown skin. The easiest way to do it, is that you wrap the hazelnuts with a kitchen cloths, and massage them, until the peel comes off. Grind it. If you use marzipan, grate it. Whisk the egg whites. When it is hard enough, little by little add sugar, later add the starch and the vinegar. Carefully add the grinded hazelnut with a spatula. Finally, pour the melted chocolate on the top, do not mix it.

Cover a baking tray with paper, and shape the paste with a spoon into bigger piles, make 13 of them. Bake on 130 degrees for 30 minutes. Turn off the oven, keep the door closed for an other 10 minutes. Open the door a little, and let it cool. When it is cold, you can take out the meringues. If you put whipped cream and fresh, seasonal fruits onto the top, you have 13 beautiful pavlova cakes.

Enjoy your masterpieces, what they look, smell and taste like. Share the joy, and you also have more. Do not stress, it is just a meringue.