Hello everyone

Pavlova would have to be one of my favourite desserts of all time and is just great for special occasions or having large number of guests over. This pavlova can have just about any fruit on it so its totally up to you. For this recipe I used my favourites kiwi fruits, bananas, strawberries, blueberries and passion fruit. I would also recommend using raspberries or mango if available.

Enjoy!

Base:

Ingredients:

• 1 tblsp vinegar
• 2 1/4 cups caster sugar
• 10 large eggs, whites only
• 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
• 1 tblsps cornflour

Utensils:

• Measuring cups
• Measuring spoons
• Large bowl
• Electric beater
• Electric beaters
• Baking paper

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 150 degrees Celsius. Line baking tray with baking paper.
2. Beat egg whites with an electric beater until firm peaks form
3. Gradually add sugar, beating constantly, until the sugar dissolves fully and the mixture is thick and glossy. Beat in cornflour, vinegar and vanilla essence.
4. Spoon the mixture onto a tray shaping it into a rough rectangular shape. Bake for an hour on 150 degrees celsius then bake for a further 2 hours bake at 120. Turn off the oven and leave in the oven to cool completely.

Decoration

Ingredients:

• 600ml thickened cream
• 2 tblsps icing sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 3 kiwi fruits, peeled, sliced thinly
• 1 punnet strawberries
• 1 passionfruit
• 1 punnet blueberries
• 2 bananas, peeled, thinly sliced

Utensils:

• Electric beater
• Electric beaters
• Chefs knife
• Measuring spoons
• Small bowl/ Jug

Method:

1. Add thickened cream, vanilla essence and icing sugar to a bowl and beat until firm peaks form
2. Spread the sliced banana n top of the pavlova base. Spread the cream over the top of the pavlova base. Top with kiwi fruits, blueberries, strawberries and drizzle with passion fruit pulp.

Tip:

By putting the bananas underneath the cream it stops them from going brown as quickly.