Sunday, July 18, 2010

Chocolate and cinnamon suspiros

Chocolate and cinnamon suspiros / Suspiros de chocolate e canela

It’s been a month since I last brought you anything chocolate – cocoa doesn’t count – and hope you like these meringues as much as Jessica and I did. :)

I wasn’t really in the mood for meringues but needed to do something with my frozen egg whites (which seem to be suffering from the Gremlin curse, too); what convinced me here was the addition of chocolate and cinnamon.

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Chocolate and cinnamon suspiros
from Australian Gourmet Traveller

120g egg whites (about 3)
pinch of salt
120g caster sugar
1 vanilla bean, scraped seeds only
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
120g pure icing sugar, sifted
100g dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids), coarsely chopped
Dutch-process cocoa, to serve

Preheat oven to 120°C/248°F; line two large baking sheets with baking paper.
Whisk egg whites and a pinch of salt in an electric mixer (medium-high speed) until soft peaks form (4-5 minutes), add caster sugar in a thin steady stream, whisking continuously until stiff and glossy, then whisk in vanilla seeds and cinnamon. Fold in icing sugar, then chocolate and spoon mixture into 5cm-diameter mounds on prepared sheets. Bake until dry and lightly colored (2-3 hours – that will depend on how big the suspiros are). Turn off oven, cool in oven for 1 hour, then transfer to a wire rack, dust with cocoa and serve. Suspiros will keep, stored in an airtight container, for about a week.

Serves 10 – I halved the recipe above and got 5 very large suspiros

12 comments:

  1. Chocolate and cinnamon suspiros looks superb...i love biscuits n always buy them off the shelf but these looks so yummy n i would love to prepare at home..i am big fan of ur blog as u have such wonderful baking recipes :)
    thanks for posting

    Satya
    http://www.superyummyrecipes.com

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  2. I have 3 egg whites right in my fridge right now and you're tempting me to make these. I love meringues, they're sweet but addictive.

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  3. looks so gd, if I have eggwhites sure to make this :)

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  4. Oh my gosh, this looks amazing. How great is chocolate and cinnamon. I wish I could grab one from the picture now!!

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  5. Cercavo la ricetta Bolo de Fubá e son capitata qua per caso. Mi piace il tuo blog. Complimenti!

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  6. AnonymousJuly 19, 2010

    Oh, you are definitely after my heart with this lethal chocolate-cinnamon flavour combo! Now you've got me craving for these :)

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  7. chocolate and cinnamon, one of the best combinations there is. :)

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  8. Satya, thank you! I'm so glad to know you're enjoying the blog!

    Wendy, I hope you give these a go!
    Thank you!

    Jess, thank you!

    Julia, thank you, darling! I hope I could share them with you!
    xx

    Italians..., grazie mille!

    Hi, sweetie! I'll trade some of these for those beautiful apple cake slices you baked! ;)
    xx

    Ashley, thank you, dearie!

    M., I have to agree with you. ;)

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  9. Since it's warm here, I'm definitely in the mood for meringues and the addition of chocolate doesn't hurt at all.

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  10. Lovely photos! And also, love your blog. :-)

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  11. Xiaolu, I hope you give these a try - thank you!

    Marisa, thank you for stopping by - you are far too kind!
    xx

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