Morphings: 1204 Light Coffee and Chocolate Meringue Slice 2005

There's absolutely nothing weird in this morphing. It's just two little squares of coffee flavored meringue with a little chocolate cream in between.

 The meringue is made from sugar, water, liquid and powdered egg whites and a little instant coffee.

Smooth the meringue into a silpat about 1 cm thick, then pop it into the oven for 90 minutes.

While the meringue was was baking/drying I made the filling. I heated some cream, added chocolate, a little water and more instant coffee. Fold together until the mixture is creamy and stuff it in a piping bag.

Turns out the meringue in incredible fragile. Fortunately like all the elBulli recipes it makes way more than you'll need.

 Assembly was a snap. Just slice the meringue into squares, top half of them with a little coffee cream and set on the other squares.

How it tastes: Sort of an airy tiramisu.

Equipment and Ingredients

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