https://westgold.com/
Difficulty
Easy
Prep time
30 minutes
Cook time
60 minutes
Serves
6
Ingredients
300g cream
Meringue bases
100g egg whites at room temperature
200g caster sugar
Pinch of salt
Chestnut cream
440g chestnut puree
50g caster sugar
65g Westgold butter, soft
50g cream
Pinch of salt
Method
Meringue bases
Place whites, salt and sugar into whisking bowl over bain-marie and whisk till 45°C to warm mixture and dissolve sugar.
Whisk on machine until full volume and bowl is cool to touch.
Pipe (plain nozzle) into 8cm rings on silicone paper, remove rings and dry in oven at 110°C, approximately 1 hour (or can be placed in dehydrator overnight).
Allow to cool and store in airtight container until needed.
Chestnut cream
Combine chestnut puree and icing sugar until smooth in a food processor.
Add in the butter processing until smooth.
Finish by lightly mixing in the cream to achieve soft smooth consistency.
Transfer to a piping bag fitted with a small-medium sized plain nozzle.
Final Assembly
300g cream whipped to full volume and place into a piping bag fitted with a medium-large sized plain nozzle.
Pipe cream onto meringue discs in a cone shape.
Pipe chestnut cream around the cream cone to completely cover it.
Finely crumble a meringue disc and sprinkle over finished cones as snow.
May be finished as desired with a fruit coulis, freeze dried fruit powders etc.
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