Mixed Berry Pavlova
From jkstern 17 years ago
- 120 minutes to make
- Serves 16
Sweet merengue like dessert with a soft center, melts in your mouth!
Ingredients
- 13 large egg whites shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 2 1/2 cups superfine granulated sugar shopping list
- 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch shopping list
- 1 1/2 tablespoons distilled white vinegar shopping list
- 2 lb strawberries, halved or quartered if large shopping list
- 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice shopping list
- 1/4 cup plus 1 1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar shopping list
- 1 lb blackberries shopping list
- 2 1/2 cups chilled heavy cream shopping list
- 2 teaspoons vanilla shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 250°F and line 2 large baking sheets with parchment.
- Swirl whites in a metal bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water until barely warm to the touch.
- Beat whites with salt in a standing electric mixer until they hold soft peaks.
- Beat in 2 cups superfine sugar and continue beating until mixture holds stiff, glossy peaks (see cooks' note, below).
- Stir together remaining 1/2 cup superfine sugar and cornstarch. Beat into meringue, then beat in vinegar.
- Spoon 8 mounds of meringue (each about 2 inches high and approximately 1/2 cup) 1 inch apart on each lined baking sheet. Divide any remaining meringue among mounds.
- Bake in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until crisp but still soft inside, 1 to 1 1/4 hours total.
- If meringues are still not crisp after 1 1/4 hours, turn off oven and cool in oven 1 hour.
- Transfer from parchment to racks to cool. (Meringues may stick if cooled completely on paper.)
- Assemble pavlovas: Just before serving, toss strawberries with lime juice and 1/4 cup granulated sugar and let stand, tossing occasionally until sugar is dissolved, 10 minutes. Add blackberries and toss to coat.
- Beat cream with vanilla and remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar with cleaned beaters. Tap meringues gently with back of a spoon to create indentations, then mound some whipped cream and berries onto each.
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This was like eating a sweet cloud. Where are you JK??
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