Pavlova

Pavlova

An Australian classic (from Perth, in fact) - this pavlova is a marriage of meringue and fresh, juicy berries...

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr 30 mins

Plus time to cool
Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Cover a baking sheet with baking parchment. Whisk the egg whites with electric beaters until they just form stiff and shiny peaks. Gradually add the sugar a couple of tablespoons at a time and whisk really well between each addition. When all of the sugar is used up continue whisking for 3-4 minutes or until the meringue is stiff and glossy and stands up in peaks, then whisk in the cornflour and vinegar. Spoon the mixture onto the baking parchment and use a palette knife to make a circle about 20cm in diameter. Put in the oven, turn the temperature down to 120C/fan 100C/gas ½ and cook for 1½ hours. Turn the oven off and leave the meringue inside until completely cold (you can make this the day before and leave to cool overnight).
  2. Carefully peel off the baking parchment and put the pavlova on a serving dish. Don't worry if it cracks. Scrape the vanilla seeds into a mixing bowl, add the cream and lemon zest and softly whip, then spoon onto the pavlova. Mix the berries, spoon the fruit on top of the cream, dust with a little icing sugar and serve.
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Know-how

Make the pavlova the day before and then whip the cream and prepare the fruit at the last minute.

Per serving

424 kcalories, protein 3.8g, carbohydrate 47.7g, fat 25.6 g, saturated fat 14.3g, fibre 1.2g, salt 0.17 g

Recipe from olive magazine, October 2005.

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  • 08 January 2011

    madrossie rated this recipe

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  • 10 February 2011

    cupcake rated and commented on this recipe

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    Excellent recipe and turns out wonderfully every time!

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  • 14 February 2011

    Pegasusprincess rated and commented on this recipe

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    Brilliant! I made this for Valentine's day pudding for my hubby, I put pink natural food dye in before cooking and made it a heart shape! I also added crushed rasperries in the double cream to make that pink too! Very kitch and very soppy / girly, but tasted great! Husband loved it!

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  • 15 February 2011

    salbo rated and commented on this recipe

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    My first ever Pavlova and it turned out fantastic! I was worried that the time to bake it would be to long as other recipes state baking for an hour, but I needn't of worried, as it came out perfect, crisp on the outside and that lovely gooeyness in the middle. I did have 6 egg whites left over from another recipe, so I adjusted the other ingredients accordingly. Didn't bother with the lemon zest only because I had no lemons!

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  • 16 February 2011

    hurghadagirl rated and commented on this recipe

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    I made this for my boyfirend on valentines day and he loved it... food is defiantely the way to my man's heart. This is so easy and it worked perfectly. I have to admit i used the fresh egg white that you can buy in supermarkets, whizzed up my normal sugar in the blender to make it fine like caster sugar. I had my overn on 160 as its a fan oven, left it in for 1 1/2 hrs and then turned the oven off leaving it to dry out overnight and they were perfect!!

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  • 10 March 2011

    nattienoo commented on this recipe

    First time I've made meringue, found this recipe soooo easy, kids murdered it! Don't know why I hesitated to make it, so simple and delicious I will defo be cooking it more often. I didn't use a baking sheet and parchment, i've got one of those flexible sheets of plastic stuff that you can cook things on and re-wash & use - works a treat.

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  • 10 March 2011

    nattienoo rated and commented on this recipe

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    Forgot to rate ;)

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  • 11 March 2011

    Lorraine1909 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    First time I have ever made a pavlova. It was perfect and I served it to someone who has made lots of pavlovas and wanted this recipe. I used essence as I forgot to get vanilla seeds but it worked well. I topped mine with melon and grapes but I will use berries next time. Perfect the next day too as I had 1 portion left and it was still good the following day.

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  • 11 March 2011

    Lorraine1909 commented on this recipe

    I want to make smaller individual ones - does anyone have any idea of cooking time?

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  • 22 March 2011

    jenip commented on this recipe

    When will everyone realise that pavolva is from New Zealand and not Australia? Has always been and will always be!

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  • 03 April 2011

    LRademaker commented on this recipe

    I've made this for a dinner party and instead of making one large pavlova I made small ones by drawing small circles on baking parchment and making small merengue rounds. I then made little piles of merengue, cream, fruit, and another layer of merengue, cream and fruit, and topped it off with a little icing sugar. Looked absolutely spectacular. Keep an eye on the baking times though.

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  • 03 April 2011

    LRademaker rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

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  • 18 April 2011

    Claudializ commented on this recipe

    I can't wait to try this out. Is it OK just to use normal caster sugar though?? I don't wan't to have to buy more ingredients!

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  • 26 April 2011

    Gallyb rated and commented on this recipe

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    Simply stunning!

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  • 08 May 2011

    JARESS commented on this recipe

    Having tried (and failed) other recipes for pavlova I thought I would try this one. As most people have stated it is so easy, the result was fantastic thank you so much

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  • 15 May 2011

    Beth rated and commented on this recipe

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    Fantastic - last time I tried a pavlova it was a failure - this was really good!

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  • 24 May 2011

    annao rated and commented on this recipe

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    This was my first pavlova - really easy and absolutely delicious. Not a crumb left by my guests. Will certainly make this again.

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    25 May 2011

    Zac rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Tried this recipe yesterday and it turned out nice and flaky on the outside and soft and chewy/caramely in the inside. fabulous way to use left over egg whites from making ice cream or creme brulee. I used a hand whisk for beating the whites, as it's easier to control so you don't over beat the eggs, which is the main cause for a flat pavlova. It's a good workout while cooking! I also reduced the sugar to 120grams only, and it was plenty sweet. Very delicious! Next time, I'm gonna try topping it with all sorts of different fruit!

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  • 06 June 2011

    Helq99 rated and commented on this recipe

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    Great recipe..brought it to a bbq today it went down a storm, was asked for the recipe. Was a bit worried when it went into the office as after the sugar went in the egg didnt seem to hold the peaks as well as before...Needn't have worried though. It was great, will definately do this again soon before the end of the strawberry season!

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  • 08 June 2011

    maureen commented on this recipe

    first time of making a pavlova,it was very easy to do, look great, but it was nice and crisp on the out side and soft in the middle, can anyone tell me what i did wrong, im thinking i should have cooked longer ?

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr 30 mins

Plus time to cool
Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 4 egg whites
  • 225g golden caster sugar
  • 1 tsp cornflour
  • 1 tsp white wine vinegar
  • ½ vanilla pod
  • 284ml carton double cream
  • 1 lemon , zested
  • 450g berries , raspberries, strawberries, or blackberries or a mixture
  • 1 tbsp icing sugar
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Per serving

424 kcalories, protein 3.8g, carbohydrate 47.7g, fat 25.6 g, saturated fat 14.3g, fibre 1.2g, salt 0.17 g

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