Sugar Free Cookie Meringues - Nigella Merookies

SUGAR FREE COOKIE MERINGUES – NIGELLA MEROOKIES

Sugar Free Cookie Meringues – Nigella Merookies, is my keto version. Just 1g carbs. Flirtatious looks are entirely optional.

You may be a smitten fan of Nigella Lawson and admire her simple TV cooking. Or maybe you cannot stand her plethora of suggestive adjectives, flirtatious double entendres and sultry glances at the camera. Either way, you have to admit that she’s compelling to watch. Her self-confessed clumsiness, obvious lack of cookery training and zero kitchen skills are utterly amusing. And then there’s her recipes. Do any of you remember her avocado on toast, where she spent absolutely ages just scooping the flesh out and mashing it? How on earth did that even qualify as a ‘recipe‘? I mean, it may be fine for a keto-for-dummies blog post, but for a personality ‘chef’ on prime-time TV???



Anyway, sarcastic banter aside, I actually love Nigella! Her most recent TV series ended with a Christmas 2017 special festive episode was full of interesting recipes. Watching it was time well spent. A few of the recipes got my attention and were later subject to ketofication. One in particular turned out to be a great success, both on Christmas day and many times since. So I’m sharing it with you today.

Sugar Free Cookie Meringues - Nigella Merookies

My Sugar Free Cookie Meringues – Nigella Merookies, is an adapted recipe of an adapted recipe. As I watched the TV programme, I didn’t manage to write Nigella’s recipe down in its entirety. So rather than have to sit through the whole episode again just to find the bit I wanted, I decided to google it. What came up along Nigella’s (paid for) recipe, were two very similar versions. One is titled Surprise Meringues from tasteofhome.com, and the other is called Passover Meringue Cookies on cyber-kitchen.com. I’m therefore crediting all three sources for my own keto and sugar free adapted version of these delightful treats.

‘Merookies’, by the way, is not my idea. It is what the self-proclaimed kitchen goddess named these meringue-cookie hybrids on her TV programme.

SUGAR FREE MERINGUE COOKIES - NIGELLA'S MEROOKIES

How to Make Sugar Free Cookie Meringues – Nigella Merookies.

Egg whites, some sugar free ‘icing sugar’, unsweetened chocolate and pistachio nuts are the main ingredients you need. A touch of guar gum, apple cider vinegar, salt and vanilla extract are also needed. You can easily make your own icing sugar with erythritol and stevia: click HERE for easy instructions. If you fancy learning how to make your own vanilla extract, click HERE – it’s dead easy but it takes a few weeks for it to infuse properly. Or use an alternative dry sweetener of your choice. You can also substitute pistachio nuts for more keto-friendly pecans or walnuts, if you prefer. I make my merookies with a combination of 100% dark chocolate and stevia-sweetened milk chocolate, but again, you don’t have to.

The one ingredient you mustn’t change or omit is guar gum, however, as doing so will leave the merookies too dry, delicate and crumbly. They should be dry on the outside but slightly moist on the inside.

SUGAR FREE MERINGUE COOKIES - NIGELLA'S MEROOKIES

Being meringues they need a long time in the oven, but the preparation takes minutes. And I promise you won’t need any of the fancy equipment Nigella (awkwardly) uses on TV that us mere mortals could never afford.

SUGAR FREE MERINGUE COOKIES - NIGELLA'S MEROOKIES

Merookies have become a popular sweet treat in my family. I’m sure they will be in yours too.

Enjoy!

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Sugar Free Cookie Meringues - Nigella Merookies

Sugar Free Cookie Meringues - Nigella Merookies

My ketofied version of Nigella's Merookies from the Christmas 2017 episode of "At My Table".
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Course: Sweet Bites
Diet: Coconut Free, Gluten Free, Keto, Low Calorie, Low Carb, No Butter, No Oil, Sugar Free
Keywords: chocolate, French meringues, Merookies, Nigella
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Servings: 12 cookies

Ingredients

Instructions

  • chop pistachio nuts and chocolate, and set aside.
    70 g unsalted pistachio nuts, 50 g Montezuma's 100% Absolute Black Chocolate, 20 g sugar free milk chocolate
  • pre-heat oven to 120°C static.
  • whip egg whites and salt until soft peaks form, then add guar gum, ACV and vanilla extract.
    2 egg whites, ½ tsp vanilla extract, ¼ tsp guar gum, 1 tsp ACV, 1 pinch fine himalayan pink salt
  • continue to whisk as you incorporate icing 'sugar' one TBSP at a time, until you end up with a stiff foam.
    4 TBSP Sukrin icing 'sugar'
  • fold 50g chopped pistachios and all the chopped chocolate into the meringue mixture.
    70 g unsalted pistachio nuts
  • spoon 12 equal mounds (about 4-5cm diameter) onto an oven rack lined with parchment paper.
  • sprinkle remaining pistachio crumbs over mounds.
  • bake on lowest level for 40-45 mins or until dry to the touch.
  • turn heat off, open oven door slightly and let the meringues dry out for another 90 mins.

Notes

Store in air tight container at room temperature.
Unless otherwise indicated, use Metric Kitchen Scales to measure ingredients accurately (U.S. option HERE).

Nutrition

Serving: 1 | Calories: 70kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 2.5g | Fat: 5.5g
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8 Comments

  1. Helen Matthew-Emde

    I found your commentary about Nigella Lawson disrespectful and offensive. She may not be YOUR favorite foodie personality but she’s genuine. She doesn’t pretend to be anything more than someone who loves to cook and finds joy in celebrating good food. Isn’t that what it’s all about, after all?
    I’m a professionally trained chef, having gone through the rigors of European training, mastering complex techniques and yet, when I want to relax and watch someone just enjoy what she’s cooking, savoring every bite, I watch Nigella. And I don’t criticize her. Are YOU really so perfect that you can write so harshly about someone else’s perceived shortcomings?

    • OH WOW. And I found your commentary about Antya’s writing offensive. People in free countries are entitled to their opinion. And you don’t have to be better than someone else to have opinions of them, and being better or worse is gonna be based on quess what? Someone’s opinion. I personally prefer Antya’s recipes over many of Nigella’s. I don’t think Nigella herself, as any intelligent person, would give 2 shits about whatever opinion anyone she doesn’t even know has of her, so, you Mrs. European trained, don’t need to defender her. Chill.

      • Some people don’t get sarcastic banter. I didn’t say anything that Nigella herself hasn’t mentioned on TV, in her many candid, self-deprecating admissions. That’s why we all love her somewhat.

  2. Can I use xanthan gum instead of guar gum? These look amazing!

  3. These are my absolute favourites….

  4. I used macadamia nuts – very delicious. great for my new to diabetes friend too. Recommend you give this a go

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