MERINGUE WITH STRAWBERRY COMPOTE

Serves 8 Prep 15 min Bake 1 hour

4 egg whites

1 cup (250ml) castor sugar

For the compote

250g (1 punnet) strawberries, stalks

removed and chopped

½ cup (125ml) sugar

1 vanilla pod, halved lengthwise

squeeze of lemon

1 Preheat the oven to 100°C. Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form. Slowly add the sugar while beating until glossy.

2 Spoon big dollops of the meringue onto a baking tray lined with baking paper. Leave enough space between the meringues as they rise quite a bit. Dry the meringue out until bonedry and crisp. You can switch off the oven after about 40 minutes and leave to dry out in the cooling oven.

3 For the strawberry compote, combine the strawberries, sugar, vanilla pod and lemon juice in a saucepan. Heat over a moderate heat for 5-8 minutes.

4 Serve the meringue with the strawberry compote and crème fraîche.

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