Name: Chocolate meringue tart
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Baking
Ingredients: 200 g chocolate biscuits crushed; 60 g butter melted; 310 ml cream; 250 g dark chocolate chopped; 2 eggs; 5 ml Vanilla essence; 6 eggs white; 250 ml castor sugar; 15 ml cornflour maizena; 15 ml vinegar white; 15 ml vanilla essence

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Ingredients (11)

CRUST

200 g	chocolate biscuits — crushed
60 g	butter — melted

FILLING

310 ml	cream
250 g	dark chocolate — chopped
2	eggs
5 ml	Vanilla essence

MERINGUE

6	eggs — white
250 ml	castor sugar
15 ml	cornflour — maizena
15 ml	vinegar — white
15 ml	vanilla — essence

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Method:

Crunchy, smooth and sweet – the perfect weekend treat.

Preheat the oven to 120°C.

1. Crust Mix all the ingredients together and line the bottom of the baking dish.

2. Filling Bring the cream to a boil then pour over the chocolate and let it stand for 5 minutes. Gently stir until smooth.

3. Whisk eggs, vanilla in another bowl, then stir into the melted chocolate.

4. Pour the filling into the crust and bake for 10 minutes.

5. Meringue In a large mixing bowl, whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks form. Gradually add the sugar, 15 ml at a time and whisk well after each addition. Whisk in the corn flour, vinegar and vanilla essence.

6. Spoon the mixture over the chocolate tart, spreading it into a rough circular shape. Put it in the oven for 1 hour. Switch off the oven and allow it to cool in the oven.