Coffee Bean Bites

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Difficulty:
moderate
Difficulty
Preparation:
40 min.
Preparation
ready in 1 hr 5 min.
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Ingredients

for
60
Ingredients
3 egg whites
½ cup sugar
3 cups ground almonds
cup semi-sweet chocolate (60% cocoa, finely chopped)
2 tsps instant Coffee
0.333 cup flour
60 Rice paper (4 cm | 1.75 inch)
1 cup good quality white chocolate (chopped)
2 Tbsps Crème fraiche
To Garnish
60 Chocolate -overed espresso beans
How healthy are the main ingredients?
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Preparation steps

1.
Heat the oven to 160C fan assisted / 180C conventional / 350F / gas mark 4.
2.
Beat the egg whites in a large bowl with the sugar until they form stiff peaks.
3.
Mix together the almonds, chocolate, coffee and flour and fold into the egg whites.
4.
Spoon the mixture into a piping bag with a smooth nozzle. Place the rice paper circles onto a cookie sheet and pipe a little macaroon on top of each.
5.
Bake the macaroons for 20-25 minutes until golden brown and let cool.
6.
Melt the white chocolate and crème fraiche over simmering water, let cool a little and then place a dab on each macaroon. Top each dab with a mocha bean and leave to set.