Mail On Sunday Blackcurrant Macaroons

Total Time: 18 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1 medium egg
• 40 g icing sugar
• 75 g desiccated coconut
• 25 g black currant jam (or any other jam to your liking)

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat oven to 200c / 180c fan or gas mark 6.
• 2 perepare a greased baking sheet/tray.
• 3 whisk the egg in a bowl until stiff.
• 4 sprinkle over icing sugar tbsp at a time whisking well with each addition until you have a glossy mixture.
• 5 fold desiccated coconut into mixture in 2 parts.
• 6 spoon 1/2 teaspoon of mixture on the baking sheet spacing them slightly apart.
• 7 using a wet teaspoon handle make a little cavity in the centre of each macaroon.
• 8 place a small drop of jam in the centre.
• 9 bake for 8-10 minutes until golden brown at the tips.
• 10 leace to cool and then dust with icing sugar.
• 11 to remove from baking sheet loosen with a flat spatula.