Currant meringue muffins

Ingredients for 12 servings:

• 200 g currants, red
• 150 g margarine
• 100 g sugar
• 1 lemon(s), grated peel
• 1 pinch of salt
• 3 eggs
• 200 g flour
• 50 g hazelnuts, ground
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 4 tbsp milk
• 100 g sugar

Instructions

Working time approx. 25 minutes; Total time approx. 25 minutes

Wash the currants. Cream together the margarine, sugar, a pinch of salt, and the grated lemon zest. Separate the eggs. Stir the egg yolks into the butter mixture. Stir the flour, hazelnuts, baking powder, and milk into the butter mixture. Pour the batter into a muffin tin. Bake at 175°C for about 20 minutes and remove from the oven. Beat the 3 egg whites until stiff and add the 100g of sugar. Spread the beaten egg whites onto the muffins and bake for another 10 minutes.