Pavlova With Whipped Cream and Fresh Fruit
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
-
1 pavlova
- Serves:
- 4-6
ingredients
- 4 egg whites
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup heavy cream, chilled
- 1 teaspoon vanilla (optional)
- 2 tablespoons sugar (optional)
- fresh fruit, sliced
directions
- 1. Grease and flour a parchment-lined baking sheet, or a springform pan. Preheat the oven to 275 degrees. Beat the egg whites with the salt and cream of tarter in the large bowl of a standing mixer until soft peaks form. Gradually add the sugar, and continue beating till it will hold stiff peaks. Beat in the cornstarch, vinegar and vanilla.
- 2. Using a rubber spatula, mound the meringue in a circle on the prepared baking sheet, or into the springform pan. Either way, make the sides slightly higher than the center, to create a bit of a well for the whipped cream. Bake in center of oven for 1 hr 15 minutes, then allow to cool inside the oven with the door slightly ajar. The outside will be dry, and will be a pale, cream colour. The surface may crack, but the inside will be moist and marshmallowy.
- 3. Just before serving, whip the cream (adding 1 tsp vanilla and 2 tbsp sugar, if desired). Pile the cream onto the meringue and top with the fresh, sliced fruit. Serve immediately.
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