Dessert Recipes - Cranberry Nirvana Recipe

Ingredients

• 450 g/1 lb fresh cranberries

• 60 ml/4 tbsp water

• Granulated sugar, to taste

• 2 egg whites

• 100 g/4 oz/1/2 cup caster (superfine) sugar

• 2.5 ml/1/2 tsp vanilla essence (extract)

• Single (light) cream, to serve

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Method:

1. Put the cranberries in a pan with the water. Heat gently until the fruit begins to pop. Stir in granulated sugar to taste. Turn into an ovenproof serving dish.

2. Whisk the egg whites until stiff. Whisk in half the caster sugar and the vanilla essence.

3. Fold in the remaining caster sugar and pile on top of the cranberries.

4. Bake in a preheated oven at 140°C/275°F/gas mark 1 for 1 hour until crisp and pale. Serve warm with single cream.