Carrot Cake Macaroons by “Gordon Ramsay”

INGREDIENTS

  • 200g unsweetened desiccated coconut
  • 1½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • ½ tsp freshly grated nutmeg
  • 50g walnuts, chopped
  • 1 large carrot, grated
  • 75g golden caster sugar
  • 4 egg whites
  • Pinch of salt

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Preheat the oven to 170˚C/gas 3.
  2. Put the coconut, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg into a bowl and mix well.
  3. Add the chopped walnuts, grated carrot, sugar, egg whites and a pinch of salt and mix together until everything is fully incorporated.
  4. Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper and drop 18–20 heaped dessertspoons of the mixture on to the tray, leaving a gap of at least 1cm between them. Shape the mounds so that they are roughly circular.
  5. Put the tray into the preheated oven and bake for 15–20
  6. , until golden and firm on the outside. Leave to cool on a wire rack before serving.

 

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