Macaron and Meringue Christmas Wreath
A stunning centrepiece for your Christmas table, this gorgeous dessert is amazingly easy, with no cooking required.
How long will it take?
30 minutes
What’s the serving size?
Serves 8
What do I need?
- 300g white cooking chocolate
- 6 Cacao lemon meringue macarons
- 6 Cacao raspberry macarons
- 125g raspberries
- 250g strawberries
- 200g cherries
- 1 pomegranate
- 25g mini plain meringues
- Edible flowers, optional, to serve
- 1 tablespoon icing sugar
- Island Berries Raspberry Coulis
How do I make it?
- Make a template for the wreath by tracing around a 30 centimetre plate onto baking paper. Use a 20 centimetre plate to trace a second circle inside the first one, leaving you with a template for your wreath.
- Stir chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of gently simmering water (don't allow the bowl to touch water) until melted or melt in microwave in 30 second bursts. Using template as a guide, drop spoonfuls of chocolate inside marked lines for wreath. Use a spatula to spread the chocolate in a thick layer evenly around the wreath. Stand until set.
- Peel baking paper from chocolate and place chocolate wreath on a large serving board. Place macarons equally around the ring, then scatter strawberries, cherries and raspberries. Break up pomegranate and sprinkle arils around the wreath.
- Crush mini meringues over the wreath and scatter with flowers, if using. Dust with icing sugar and drizzle with Island Berries Raspberry Coulis.
