Orange Coconut Macaroons Drizzled In Chocolate Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Place the coconut in a medium bowl. Wash and zest the oranges and mince the zest well. Squeeze the juice from the oranges, strain, and sprinkle half of it over the coconut. Toss well. Gradually sprinkle on more orange juice, a teaspoon at a time, tossing well with the coconut. Stop adding juice when the coconut is just moist enough to hold a snowball. Do not overmoisten. Mix in grated orange zest and set aside.
• Place egg whites and salt in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat at medium speed until opaque and loosely foamy. Increase speed to high and add sugar in a slow stream down the side of the bowl, beating until stiff and shiny. Remove from machine and fold in the coconut. Drop by heaping tablespoons onto parchment lined baking sheets and form each into a little mound with moistened fingers. Bake at 325 for 1012 minutes until cookies are set and tips are browned. Remove from oven and let cool on rack in pans for 5 minutes, then use spatula to remove cookies from pans and let cool directly on rack. When cookies are cool, melt chocolate in small metal bowl over gently simmering water. Dip bottom of each cookie into melted chocolate and place on cookie sheet lined with parchment of wax paper. Allow chocolate harden and then serve.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 150°C or 130°C fan. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper.
• Beat egg whites in a large bowl until stiff peaks form.
• Gradually beat in sugar, adding a little and beating until dissolved. Beat until firm and glossy.
• Finely grate half the chocolate and fold into egg-white mix with coconut.
• Drop generous teaspoons onto tray, allowing some space for spreading.
• Bake for 13-15 rains, until pale golden and firm. Cool on tray.
• Melt remaining chocolate and drizzle lightly over macaroons in a diagonal pattern with a teaspoon. Allow chocolate to set.