Homemade and rustic Pavlova cake with berries and meringue
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Pavlova
Recipe Type: Dessert
Cuisine: Australian
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Serves: 8
This is the ultimate Australian dessert
Ingredients
- 6 egg whites
- 1 1/2 cups(330g) caster sugar
- 1 tbspcornflour
- 1/2 tspwhite vinegar
- 300 mlthickened cream
- 1 tbspicing sugar mixture
- 1 tspvanilla essence
- 250 gstrawberries, halved
- 3 passionfruit
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 120°C (100°C fan-forced). Mark a 20cm circle on baking paper; cover oven tray with paper.
- Beat egg whites with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Gradually add caster sugar, beating until dissolved after each addition (this should take 6 or 7 minutes). Gently fold in cornflour and vinegar.
- Spread meringue inside circle on prepared tray. Using palette knife or spatula, shape sides of meringue and level the top.
- Bake for about 1½ hours or until dry. Turn oven off and leave pavlova to cool in oven with door ajar.
- An hour before serving, beat cream, sugar and essence in a small bowl with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Fill pavlova with cream mixture and decorate with fruit.