KEY POINTS:
Serves 4
100g dark chocolate
4 dried figs, stalks removed
12 walnuts preferably New Zealand grown
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tsp cornflour
3 egg whites
1 tsp cider or white vinegar
¾ cup caster sugar
Icing sugar
Cream
1 Preheat the oven to 150C. Chop the chocolate, finely slice the figs and roughly chop the walnuts. Mix together with the vanilla and the cornflour.
2 Beat the egg whites with electric beaters until stiff, add the vinegar and half of the sugar and beat well. Continue beating while adding a spoonful of the remaining sugar at a time until the meringue is glossy.
3 Fold in the chocolate, fig and walnut mixture then spoon the mixture on to baking paper and bake for 1 hour. Dust with icing sugar and serve with cream.