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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 17 DECEMBER 2023 12 RECIPE CROSSWORD ACROSS 1) Florist's accessory 5) Musical symbol 9) Words per minute, e.g. 14) "That ___ it should be" 15) Pennsylvania lake 16) Tropical forest vine 17) Wrong place in Indiana? 19) Whiteboard stand 20) Snowmobile name 21) A dog may pick one up 23) Word with "bread" or "water" 26) Admitted 29) Extremely excited 33) Flipper's feat 34) Nourishes 35) Sources of fiber 37) "Yo ho ho and a bottle of ___ " 38) Parker of old TV 39) Devoutness 40) Corm of the taro 41) Giants Hall-of-Farner Mel 42) Post-alpha bits? 43) Hardly hale-looking 44) Colossus of ___ (one of the Seven Wonders) 46) They have lots to offer 48) Get the better of 49) Kind of brush? 50) Show runner 52) Equal-share word 57) Part of DVD 59) Polaris' opposite? 62) Source of breakers 63) Without a doubt 64) Sojourners' spots 65) Redgrave and Swann 66) Some sea birds 67) Overfeed DOWN 1) French wines 2) "Dilbert" character 3) Delhi dress 4) Abbr. after an institution's name 5) React to a computer crash 6) Old word meaning "before" 7) Err morally 8) Danson and Lange 9) Shirt arms 10) Grand instruments 11) "Go 90 degrees!" 12) Compass dir. 13) ___ segno (musical direc- tion) 18) Sends invitations for 22) Sideshow employee 24) Bookkeeper's entry 25) Behind on the rent, say 27) Dodger, essentially 28) Underworld denizens 29) Manage the cost of 30) Acquire bicuspids 31) This is NOT a Steinbeck classic 32) Cards with photos 36) On the ocean or in a fog 39) "La ___" (Albert Camus novel) 40) Suffix with "tall" or "short" 42) Guidance signals 43) First letter of the Hebrew alphabet 45) Belittle 47) Cat's-eye relatives 51) ___ quam videri (North Carolina state motto) 53) Egyptian goddess of fertility 54) Italian volcano 55) Isn't capable of 56) Hebrides dialect 57) Encyclopedia bk. 58) More than merely refriger- ated 60) Yours and mine 61) Party server F Solution to last week's crossword The answers to today's crossword will be published in next week's Midweek edition Weather Rather cloudy with showers possibly thundery and gusty at times Visibility Good locally moderate to poor in showers Wind East Northeast force 6 becoming locally force 7 TODAY TOMORROW Crossword WEATHER WINDY WITH THUNDERY SHOWERS WINDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS 14 / 12 0 15 0 / 11 0 FEELS LIKE 14 0 FEELS LIKE 15 0 Strawberry roulade 1. Whisk the egg whites adding half the sugar a little at a time until stiff peaks form. 2. Mix the remaining sugar with the ground almonds and almond extract. 3. Whisk the egg whites and add the sugar and almond mixture a little at a time 4. Line a baking sheet with baking paper and pour over the meringue mixture. 5. Bake in the oven at 190°C for 30 mins. 6. Turn off the oven and allow to cool in the oven. 7. To make the Chantilly cream, whip the cream with the sugar and the vanilla extract. 8. Flip the cold meringue over onto a board and covered with baking paper and spread the Chantilly cream over the top. 9. Add the chopped strawberries on the top and roll into a roulade shape. 10. Cover in cling film and place in the fridge for approx. 1 hr. 11. Dust with icing sugar and top with pistachios and couple of strawberries. INGREDIENTS METHOD Meringue • 4 egg whites • 225g sugar • 50g ground almonds • 1 tsp almond extract Chantilly cream • 240ml whipping cream • 2 tbsp sugar • ½ tsp vanilla extract • 225g strawber- ries, hulled and halved • Pistachios, to garnish Nothing is better with strawberries than meringue and cream. Michael Diacono makes a traditional strawberry roulade with meringue and Chantilly cream. Simple and delicious.