Dark chocolate macaroons with strawberry dust
<p>Macaroons, not to be confused with macarons, are one of my favourite types of cookie. They consist mostly of coconut, aren't overly sweet and have a lovely crumbly texture.</p>
<p>When they're dipped in dark chocolate and sprinkled with freeze-dried strawberry powder, these become next-level treats.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Serves:</span> </strong>15</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Ingredients:</span></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>3 cups fine desiccated coconut</li>
<li>1/3 cup caster sugar</li>
<li>1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract</li>
<li>Pinch sea salt</li>
<li>Whites from 3 large eggs</li>
<li>1 cup 70 per cent dark chocolate chips</li>
<li>10g strawberry powder</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Method:</span></strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Preheat oven to 170°C. Line a baking tray with baking paper.</li>
<li>In a large bowl, combine coconut, sugar, vanilla, salt and egg whites. Use your hands to form balls (about the size of golf balls) and place on the baking tray.</li>
<li>Bake for about 15 minutes or until slightly golden. Cool before transferring to a rack.</li>
<li>Meanwhile, melt chocolate. Place chips in a small bowl over a small pot of boiling water.</li>
<li>Stir until completely melted.</li>
<li>Dip base of each macaroon into melted chocolate and place directly on the lined baking tray.</li>
</ol>
<p><em>Written by Jonathan Rondel. First appeared on <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Stuff.co.nz</span></strong></a>. Image credit: Emma Boyd / <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Stuff.co.nz</span></strong></a>. </em></p>
