Recipe: Pavlova

Trying out the new mixer yesterday by making a pavlova. Pretty simple recipe to do (from a Marks & Spencer cookbook)

Ingredients

• 6 egg whites
• 300g caster sugar
• 30g cornflour
• 2 teaspoons white wine vinegar
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps

• Preheat oven to 150 celsius
• Line a baking tray with parchment
• Whisk egg whites at a high speed until they start to form stiff peaks
• Add sugar a tablespoon at a time whilst still whisking at speed – mixture should still form stiff peaks and be glossy & a bit marshmallowy
• Add the cornflour, vinegar and vanilla in one go and mix until combined
• Scoop out the meringue mix onto the baking tray in a circle and make a nest by hollowing out the middle a bit and raising the sides
• Bake for 90 minutes at 150 celsius – it will crack and have crisp outer and marshmallow middle
• When cooled fill with cream and filling of your choice. I added some raspberries to the cream and then used peach & raspberry on top