Because of the fruit - and the cream, for that matter - these are not cheap to make, but I always have a stash of egg whites in my deep freeze so I reckon I'm halfway there before I start.
Recipe posted by Nigella
MINI PAVLOVAS
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Ingredients
Switch to Cup Measures- 8 large egg whites
- 1 pinch of salt
- 500 grams caster sugar
- 4 teaspoons cornflour
- 1 scant teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons white wine vinegar
- 750 ml whipping cream (duly whipped)
- 750 grams blackberries
- 750 grams raspberries
- 1 sprinkling of icing sugar (for dusting)
Method
You will need 3 baking sheets, lined with parchment.
- Preheat the oven to 180ºC/gas mark 4.
- Whisk the egg whites with the salt until they're holding firm peaks but are not stiff. Gently add in the sugar, spoonful after spoonful, still beating, until you've got a bowl full of gleaming, satiny, snowy meringue. Sprinkle the cornflour, a few drops of vanilla and the vinegar on top and fold in to combine.
- Draw 6 circles of approximately 10cm circles (using a pint glass as a guide, if this helps) on each of the parchment-lined sheets.
- Spoon the meringue onto the baking parchment into the delineated circles, and spread and smooth to fill. You want to make the meringue slightly higher at the rims, or just use the back of the spoon to make an indentation in the centre to hold the cream and fruit later.
- Put into the oven, turn it down to 150ºC/gas mark 2, and bake for 30 minutes. Turn the oven off and leave them in for another 30 minutes, then take out of the oven to cool. I just transfer them, on their baking parchment, to wire racks.
- When you want to assemble them, dollop cream into the indentation, and smooth it with the back of a spoon, leaving the odd peak. Place, one by one, a few blackberries and a few raspberries so that they look well filled but not crammed. Dust with icing sugar.
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I made these last week. Followed the recipe to the T apart from oven timing as I made them very small.. bite size...therefore baked for about 25 mins and removed from oven. They came out absolutely wonderful. It was such a hit!! I will be making these again and hope they come out just as lovely as the first time :)
Posted by ILOVEBAKING on 25th Aug 2011 at 13.06
Fantastic recipe! Made these last night (my first time making pavlovas), and they came out beautiful!! Very impressed!
Posted by Leogal on 25th Sep 2011 at 6.54
Such a great recipe! Tried these today, and they came out beautiful. Very easy to make, but it looks very impressive :D
Posted by Rosetc on 29th Dec 2012 at 16.00
I made these for Easter Sunday. They came out a little brown. Is that because my oven was too hot?? Either way they taste so good. I will assemble in the morning.
Posted by SandySC on 31st Mar 2013 at 5.34
Made these today, halved the recipe and topped with vanilla poached rhubarb. Eggs were collected from our chooks 3 hours ago and the forced rhubarb cut 2 hours ago. Can't get fresher than that! It's a fantastic recipe, everyone loved it!
Posted by Tegan_Rochfort on 6th May 2013 at 14.34