Ingredients
- 625 deg
- 15 chestnut puree
- 10 ones onto prepared shee bake
- 9 circle
- 4 egg whites
- 3 1/2 circles
- 2 squares semisweet chocolate
- 1 round
- 1 less
- 1 vanilla bean
- 1 egg (white)
- 5/8 tube (plain)
- 800 gr chestnuts (fresh)
- 350 ml whipping cream
- 350 ml water
- 65 gr sugar
- 26 gr sugar until mixture holds long
- 14 gr sugar
- 7 gr vanilla
- 1 ml cream of tartar
- 1 gr salt
Beat cream until stiff, then add sugar to taste and vanilla. Beat egg white in separate bowl until stiff peaks form, then fold into cream. Place cream mixture into pastry bag fitted with star tip. Arrange meringue(s) on serving platter and pipe chestnut puree in bird's nest shape around edge of meringue. Pipe cream mixture in center, piling it high. Sprinkle grated chocolate over whipped cream and chill until serving time.