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Whisk the egg whites until the soft peak stage.
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Add the caster sugar (I add mine all at once) and continue to whisk until the mixture is stiff and glossy.
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Add the vinegar and cornflour and whisk for a couple more minutes. The mixture should be able to hold its shape if the bowl is turned upside down.
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Prepare an icing bag with a large star nozzle and fill with the meringue mixture.
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Using your template, pipe (10cm) lines until you have filled all three rectangles.
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Bake in the oven for 1 hour. After 1 hour turn the oven off and leave the meringues to cool in the oven.
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When your meringues are cool, melt the chocolate and spread it over 2 of the meringue layers making sure you go right to the edge.
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Place in the fridge for about 10 minutes to harden.
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Assemble just before serving by whipping the double cream with some icing sugar and chopping your strawberries (leave about 8 whole ones for decoration).
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Place one chocolate meringue on your serving dish and spread with one third of the cream and top with half the chopped strawberries.
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Place the second chocolate meringue on top and spread with another third of the cream and the remaining chopped strawberries.
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Place the plain meringue layer on top and spread with the remaining cream.
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Arrange the whole strawberries on top and drizzle over any remaining chocolate.