Chocolate, fig and walnut meringue

Ingredients

100 g	Dark chocolate (Main)
4	Dried figs, (stalks removed)
12	Walnuts (Main)
1 tsp	Vanilla essence/extract
2 tsp	Cornflour
3	Eggs, (whites)
1 tsp	Apple cider, (or white vinegar)
¾	Caster sugar
1 to dust	Icing sugar
1 to serve	Cream

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 150C. Chop the chocolate, finely slice the figs and roughly chop the walnuts. Mix together with the vanilla and the cornflour.
2. Beat the egg whites with electric beaters until stiff, add the vinegar and half of the sugar and beat well. Continue beating while adding a spoonful of the remaining sugar at a time until the meringue is glossy.
3. Fold in the chocolate, fig and walnut mixture, then spoon the mixture on to baking paper and bake for 1 hour. Dust with icing sugar and serve with cream.