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Baking Pavlova with Citrus Chantilly Cream

February 21, 2011 By radmegan 5 Comments

I had something else entirely lined up for the radmegan blog today. But when I pulled my FIRST Pavlova out of the oven yesterday afternoon, I couldn’t wait to share the recipe with you. I was smitten.
I’ve made meringue cookies, and contributed in the making of meringue topping for pies, but before yesterday, I’d never made a pavlova. I’ve eaten pavlova in both Australia, and New Zealand- where it’s said this dessert was first made to honor the ballerina Anna Pavlova. After flipping through cookbook, magazine and web pages, I came upon a recipe that seemed to have lots of Kiwi approval and set out to try it for myself.
And since we happened to have a bounty of citrus on our table right now, I wanted to incorporate it in this already light dessert. Here’s the recipe I used: 

3 egg whites
1 1/4 cups white sugar
2 tablespoons water
3 teaspoons cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon distilled white vinegar
1/8 teaspoon salt

Directions
Preheat oven to 275 degrees F. Grease a cookie sheet, line it with parchment paper and sprinkle a little water over paper.

In a large glass or metal mixing bowl, beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually add sugar, continuing to beat until stiff peaks form. Beat in water, then mix in cornstarch, vanilla, vinegar and salt.
Pour entire meringue mixture onto the center of the pan. Pavlova will spread as it bakes.
Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes. Turn oven off and leave Pavlova in the oven until cold. Top with fresh fruit and whipped cream.
I whipped up some Chantilly Cream (whipping cream, vanilla sugar, vanilla extract, and the zest of a home-grown tangerine) to top the mountainous pile of baked meringue.

After carefully transferring the pav from the baking sheet to the table, we hovered over the plate like buzzards and decided we couldn’t wait to cut it open.
The outer crust was firm and hard. Inside, the meringue was light, soft and wet (like the meringue on a lemon pie). We scooped a bit of citrus cream up with each bite for that little burst of citrus.
We savored each bite. It was somehow creamy, somehow refreshing… we wanted to stop, but we couldn’t. I look forward to making this dessert again soon!






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Comments

  1. lora says

    February 21, 2011 at 11:05 am

    oh! i love, love, love pavlovas! easy enough and so tasty. must remember to whip one up one of these days. so good in the summer paired with fresh fruit!

    Reply
  2. Jessica Lynn Perkins says

    February 21, 2011 at 11:24 am

    Oh, man! That looks so nummy! I need to try a meringue recipe sometime! It seems like something I can’t mess up! =)

    Reply
  3. Gini says

    February 21, 2011 at 12:07 pm

    oh.my.goodness.

    I have failed over and over again at making meringue cookies. But just from the looks of this, I may have to give pavlova a try. how amazing!!!

    WOW

    Reply
  4. The Creative Muslimah says

    February 22, 2011 at 12:16 am

    GOOOOOOODNESS ME MEGAN!!!!

    I’m in LOVE with this pavlova. I LOVE pavlovas 😀 Especially the ones a la Nigella Lawson. Also, I am absolutely in love with ALL of your pictures that makes ANYTHING look great and tasty :D:D:D:D:D

    LOve your blog, as usual! :-)

    The Creative Muslimah @ http://www.thecreativemuslimah.blogspot.com

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  5. radmegan says

    February 24, 2011 at 10:44 am

    Lora- soooo good in summertime! What’s your favorite fruit pairing?

    Jessica you should TOTALLY make this! So much yummy!

    Gini- thank you!! Let me know how it goes :)

    TCM- thank you thank you- I adore Nigella! Thanks for the comment, my friend! <3

    Reply

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