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Fresh raspberry-topped pavlova dessert on white plates.

Easy Pavlova

Bree Hester
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Course desserts
Cuisine baking
Servings 6
Calories 168 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 6 large egg whites room temperature
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
  • 2 teaspoons white vinegar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • freshly whipped cream
  • lemon filling
  • fresh raspberries

Instructions
 

  • Whisk together the cornstarch and sugar in a bowl. Preheat your oven to 275 degrees.
    Fine white flour in a mixing bowl with measuring spoons and baking ingredients on a wooden surface.
  • In the bowl of the mixer, add a pinch of salt to the room temperature egg whites. Start the mixer slowly.
    Light mixing bowl with frothy batter for baking, using an electric mixer on a speckled countertop.
  • When the eggs start to get some volume, slowly add the sugar.
    Baked Bree, mixing sugar into a stand mixer for baking recipes.
  • I put my vinegar and vanilla together in a cup and slowly pour it in.
    Rich chocolate batter being added to a stand mixer for baking.
  • The eggs are done when they are glossy and bright white.
    Fluffy white whipped cream on a whisk attachment for baking or dessert decoration.
  • On a piece of parchment paper, use something round for a stencil. Use a pencil and trace around the object. Turn the paper over. (This is very important as you do not want to put the meringue on graphite. Not yummy.)
    Baked Bree, cookie cutter and baking paper for cookie shapes on a baking sheet.
  • Spoon the meringue onto your guide. I try to keep mine uniform, but the beauty of this dessert is its imperfection. The meringue is going to crack. The tops will fall. I do like to pile mine pretty high with meringue. I want a nice firm base for the rest of the delicious things that are going on it to sit on.
    Fluffy dollops of whipped meringue on parchment paper before baking.
  • Put the meringues into the oven and turn the heat down to 225 degrees. You want them to dry out, but not change color. Bake for 1 1/2 hours, then turn the oven off and leave in the oven for another hour.
    Fluffy meringue cookies with swirled peaks on a baking sheet.
  • This is the baked meringue. My favorite way to eat a pavlova is with freshly whipped cream and berries. But this lemon filling took it over the top. It counteracted the sweetness from the meringue and gave this dessert a new dimension. I cannot wait to make it again.
    Fluffy lemon meringue dessert topped with fresh raspberries on a white plate.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 168kcalCarbohydrates: 39gProtein: 3gSodium: 58mg
Keyword Easy Pavlova
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