Meringue with Vanilla Cream & Fruit
| Serves: | 6 - 8 |
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| Preparation time: | 30 minutes |
| Cooking time: | 2 hours |
Ingredients
4 Eggs – separated
150g Caster Sugar
¼ tsp Nielsen-Massey Vanilla Extract for meringue
150ml Double or Whipping cream
¼ tsp Nielsen-Massey Vanilla Extract
Raspberries, passion fruit or fruit of choice
25g Icing sugar
Equipment
2 large baking trays
Baking mat or baking paper
Piping bag if possible
Method
- Cover the Baking trays with baking parchment, Preheat the oven to 100°C (200°F Gas 1)
- Take a clean, dry bowl and add the 4 egg whites and a ¼ tsp of Vanilla Extract. Whisk continuously and slowly add the caster sugar until it forms stiff peaks
- If you have a piping bag, spoon the mixture into it and pipe 6 4” circles of approx ¼” thick. If not just spoon the mixture thinly onto the parchment
- Place in the oven and leave for 2 hours. Turn off the oven but leave the meringues in to dry out further without browning
- While the meringues are cooling Whip the Cream until stiff, Stir in a ¼ tsp of Vanilla Extract and prepare the fruit
- Once cooled spoon on cream and some fruit and place another circle of meringue on top, repeat
- Dust with a little icing sugar and decorate with more fruit
Tip: this recipe makes individual meringues but you can make a large Pavlova by piping 3 large circles of meringue and then layering in the same way
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