Tasty Tuesday - Strawberry Pavlova

Hi everyone,

This is an easy recipe for a yummy fruity summer treat.

Pavlova is a simple combination of a meringue base, whipped cream and fresh fruit.

To make my pavlova a little different I made a fruit coulis and folded some into the whipped cream and drizzled some on the top.

Ingredients

For the Meringue

- 4 Egg Whites

- 250g Caster Sugar

- 2 Teaspoons Malt Vinegar

- 2 Tablespoons Cornflour

- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract

For the Coulis

- 150g Frozen Mixed Berries

- Icing Sugar, to taste(About a couple of tablespoons)

For the Top

- 300ml Whipping Cream, whipped

- Punnet of Strawberries

Method

- Whisk the egg whites until stiff.

- Then add the sugar, a tablespoon at a time until the mixture is very stiff.

- Whisk in the vinegar, cornflour and vanilla. 

- Line a baking sheet with silicone paper.

- Pile the meringue mixture into the centre and spread into a 23cm(9 inch) circle(roughly!).

- Hollow out a small dip in the centre of the meringue.

- Bake in an oven that's preheated to 150 degrees. 

- Bake for 1 1/2 hours.

- Once cooked leave to cool completely.

- While the meringue is baking/cooling, make the fruit coulis.

- Using a stick blender, blitz the fruit into a sauce. (I put my fruit in a large pyrex jug while blending)

- Put a metal sieve over a bowl and push the fruit sauce through to get rid of the seeds.

- Stir the icing sugar into the sieved sauce, taste to check if it's sweet enough.

- Once the meringue is cool, fold half of the sauce through the whipped cream. 

- Pile the cream onto the meringue.

- Decorate the top with halved strawberries and drizzle with the remaining coulis.

- I then added edible glitter, but you don't have to :D

Thanks for reading,
Jess
xxx