NIGELLA LAWSON'S ‘FORGOTTEN' COOKIES ARE A SUGARY TREAT THAT GO GREAT WITH A CUP OF TEA
Nigella Lawson's "forgotten" cookies are so simple to make, it's easy to forget you've left them in the oven.
To bake these meringue cookies, you heat your oven and turn it off. Then you place the cookies inside, letting it bake in the fading residual heat.
You should leave them in the heat overnight, which makes it easy to forget they're in there. Next time you open your oven, you may come across a nice surprise.
The recipe makes 12 to 14 cookies. For more recipes from Nigella, try her creamy fudge, which only takes 6 ingredients, or her simple chocolate croissants.
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- 2 large eggs (at room temperature, whites only)
- 1 pinch of fine sea salt
- 100 grams caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon cornflour
- 1 teaspoon cider vinegar or white wine vinegar
- ¼ teaspoon ground cardamom
- 75 grams mini chocolate chips
- 75 grams finely chopped pistachios
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius. In a grease-fee bowl, whisk together the egg whites and salt, until you have soft peaks. Then whisk in the sugar a little at a time until it is thick and gleaming.
By hand, fold in the cornflour, vinegar, and cardamom, then add in the chocolate chips and most of the pistachios. Fold everything together.
Line a baking sheet with parchment. With a spoon, drop mounded blobs of the mixture onto it, about 4 to 5 centimetres in diameter. Sprinkle with the remaining pistachios.
Put the cookies in the oven, then shut the door and turn it off. Let the cookies sit overnight. They can be kept for up to 5 days before getting too stale. They can also be frozen for up to a month.
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