Pink peppercorn meringues with passion fruit curd

Pink peppercorn meringues with passion fruit curd

Pink peppercorns are aromatic berries not a true peppercorn. Good-quality lemon curd would also do well for this memorable dessert

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 1 hour + cooling time

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Lightly oil a large baking tray and line with non-stick baking paper.
  2. Whisk the egg whites until stiff, then beat in the sugar a little at a time until the mixture is stiff and shiny. Stir in the cornflour and vinegar. Drop 6 dollops of the meringue spaced well apart on to the lined tray. Shape into rounds.
  3. Crush the pink peppercorns and sprinkle over the meringues. Turn the oven down to 150C/fan 130C/gas 2, slide in the tray and bake for about 50 minutes without opening the door; they should be a pale honey colour and will have puffed slightly. Turn the oven off and let the meringues cool in it. To make the passion fruit curd, put the eggs, extra yolks, passion fruit pulp, butter and sugar in a bowl set over a pan of simmering water and stir constantly for about 10-15 minutes until the mixture thickens. Cool.
  4. To serve, spoon some whipped cream onto each pavlova and spoon over a little passion fruit curd.

Per serving

564 kcalories, protein 8.2g, carbohydrate 66g, fat 31.4 g, saturated fat 18.1g, fibre 0.3g, salt 0.39 g

Recipe from olive magazine, January 2005.

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  • Binder photo Val

    03 September 2008

    Val commented on this recipe

    Just made the passion fruit curd - it's beautiful! Will serve it tonight with whipped cream and shop-bought meringues (cheat!) :-)

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  • 08 August 2010

    EmmaS rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    New favourite! These were absolutely delicious. The passion fruit curd was gorgeous.

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  • 15 May 2011

    Mairi rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Great recipe! I added fresh mango, and I love the passion fruit curd! I don't use cornflour or vinegar in the meringues and they came out nice and chewy in the middle. Loved the pink peppercorns - it looked very pro!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 1 hour + cooling time

Ingredients

  • 5 egg whites
  • 300g golden caster sugar
  • 2 tbsp cornflour
  • 1 tsp white wine vinegar
  • 2 tbsp pink peppercorns

PASSION FRUIT CURD

  • 2 eggs , plus 2 extra yolks
  • passion fruit pulp of 4 or 1 small tin of pulp
  • 30g butter , finely diced
  • 60g golden caster sugar
  • 284ml carton of double cream , whipped
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Per serving

564 kcalories, protein 8.2g, carbohydrate 66g, fat 31.4 g, saturated fat 18.1g, fibre 0.3g, salt 0.39 g

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