Meringues & Lemon Honey Cream

Method

• step 1

  Pre-heat oven to 190 degrees.

• step 2

  Place the manuka honey with lemon, sugar, egg whites and salt in a metal bowl, over a pot of boiling water and stir this over the heat until the sugar has melted. Put the mixture in an electric cake mixer with a whisk attachment until firm and glossy.

• step 3

  Line the baking tray with greaseproof paper

• step 4

  Put large mounds of the mixture in the trays, giving each one plenty of space.

• step 5

  Turn off the oven and place the trays in. The meringue will cook as the trays cool down. Leave for approximately 6 hours, or overnight.

• step 6

  To serve, whip together the cream and manuka honey and lemon and place this on top of the meringues and serve with a squeeze of lemon juice.