These giant, squidgy sweets, rippled with melted dark chocolate, make an impressively grown-up treat. Eat solo or floated in a mug of our ultimate hot chocolate recipe!
- Makes12
- CourseDessert
- Prepare40 mins
- Cook10 mins
- Total time50 mins
- Plussetting
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Ingredients
- 250g golden caster sugar
- 1 tbsp liquid glucose
- 50g dark chocolate (70% cocoa)
- 5 gelatine leaves
- 3 egg whites
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 tbsp icing sugar
- 2 tbsp cornflour
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
Method
Line a 900g loaf tin with parchment paper. Put the sugar, glucose and 150ml warm water in a pan. Dissolve the sugar over a low heat; brush the sides of the pan with water to stop it crystallising. Leave the syrup to simmer until it reaches 125ºC (hard ball stage) on a sugar thermometer; don’t stir. If you don’t have a thermometer, spoon a little syrup into a glass of cold water; if it sets immediately, then it’s at the correct temperature.
Meanwhile, melt the chocolate in a bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water; set aside to cool briefly. Separate the gelatine leaves and leave to soak in cold water for 5 minutes.
Just before the sugar syrup comes to temperature, use electric beaters or a freestanding mixer to whisk the egg whites and salt to stiff peaks in a large bowl. Put a tea towel under the bowl to secure it, then quickly and carefully pour the hot syrup down the inside of the bowl, whisking continuously. One at a time, squeeze the excess water from the gelatine leaves, then beat into the hot meringue. Keep beating until completely cool; about 10 minutes. Beat in the vanilla until combined, then gently stir through the melted chocolate with a spatula until just rippled. Pour into the loaf tin and leave to set for at least 3 hours.
Sift the icing sugar, cornflour and cocoa powder onto a clean baking tray. Tip in the marshmallow; remove the parchment and coat with the sugar mixture. Cut the marshmallow into 12 large, even pieces and dust again. They will keep for up to 3 days, stored in an airtight container.
Nutritional
Typical values per item when made using specific products in recipe
Energy | 691kJ/ 163kcals |
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Fat | 1.9g |
Saturated Fat | 1.1g |
Carbohydrates | 33.9g |
Sugars | 29.9g |
Fibre | 0.3g |
Protein | 2.6g |
Salt | 0.3g |
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