Hazelnut and chocolate stars
Ingredients
for 20 pieces
| 3 | fresh egg whites (approx. 90 g) |
| 1 pinch | salt |
| 250 g | icing sugar |
| 350 g | ground hazelnuts |
| 2 tbsp | cocoa powder |
| a little | sugar |
| 50 g | icing sugar |
| cocoa powder, to dust |
How it's done
Biscuit dough
Beat the egg whites with the salt until stiff. Add the icing sugar, beat briefly, transfer 100 g to a small bowl, cover and chill. Mix the nuts and cocoa powder, add to the remainder of the beaten egg whites and combine to form a dough.
To shape
On a lightly sugared surface or between two sheets of baking paper, roll out the dough in batches to approx. 1 cm thick, loosen with a spatula, cut out stars (approx. 7 cm in diameter), dipping the cutter repeatedly in the sugar. Place the biscuits on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Leave to dry at room temperature for approx. 12 hrs. or overnight.
To bake
Approx. 5 mins. in the lower half of an oven preheated to 200 °C. Remove from the oven, leave the biscuits to cool on a rack.
Icing
Stir the icing sugar into the chilled egg white mixture. Spread a little in the middle of each star, use a wooden skewer to spread the icing to the tips. Dust with a little cocoa powder. Leave to dry at room temperature.
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