Flat Chocolate Raspberry Pavlova

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Nigella's Chocolate Raspberry Pavlova (from Nigella Summer and on the Nigella website) is a meringue mixture that has cocoa powder and chopped chocolate added to it. Once you start to introduce other ingredients to a meringue it will affect the texture and the texture of this meringue will tend to be more brownie-like and chewy, rather than a light marshmallow centre.

The meringue also has a tendancy to sink slightly as it cools and cracks will appear on the surface (you can see this from the photograph with the recipe) so this is quite normal. The flavour is however very good and this is one of the attractions of this pavlova.