Recipe

Sweet Mouthful Recipe

	Notyourmomma / All my dishes 2 years, 4 months ago An old icebox cake made of meringue with bittersweet chocolate and berries with whipped cream. Can be made ahead and it looks fancy enough for a party. Prep:35m Cook:155m Servings:8	Notyourmomm
	meringue layers chocolate strawberries whipped cream

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Ingredients

4 egg whites

pinch of salt

1/4 teaspoon of cream of tartar

1 cup of granulated sugar

parchment paper

5 ounces of the finest semisweet chocolate

1 ounces of bittersweet chocolate

3 tablespoons of cream

3 cups of cream

1/2 cup of sugar

1 pint of strawberries, washed, hulled, sliced

Reserve on perfect strawberry for the top of the dish as garnish

Directions

Preheat oven to very slow (250 degrees)

Beat until stiff the egg whites with a pinch of salt, and the cream of tartar.

Gradually add the cup of sugar and continue beating until smooth and glossy and very stiff.

Trace out 3 circles 8 inches in diameter on the backside of a piece of parment. Line baking sheets with the parchment and use the tracings as a guide to spread the meringue evenly over the circles about 1/4 inch thick. Bake in a very slow oven for 25 minutes until the meingue is the palest gold but still pliable.

Remove from oven and peel off the paper carefully. Put on cake racks to dry out and cool.

Melt the chocolate that you have chopped in fine pieces over simmering water with the 3 tablespoons of cream

Whip the three cups of cream with the sugar until firm peaks form.

Prep the strawberries.

Place a meringue circle on a serving plate and spread with a thin coating of the melted chocolate. Then spread a layer of the whipped cream and top this layer with the sliced strawberries. Put a second layer of meringue on top and repeat the layers.

Finally top with the third meringue disc.

Frost the sides with the remaining whipped cream.

Decorate the top with any remaining chocolate drizzled from a spoon in a decorative pattern. Top with the best looking whole strawberry.

Refrigerate at least two hours before service.

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