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Berry Pavlova Recipe

This is a delicious and light dessert that is perfect for any party.

Course Dessert
Cuisine French
Keyword Mary Berry, Pavlova
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Servings 12 people

Ingredients

  • 6 large free-range egg whites
  • 350 g/12oz caster sugar
  • 1 tsp white wine vinegar
  • 1 tsp cornflour
  • 600 ml/20fl oz double cream
  • 2 tsp vanilla bean paste
  • 50 g/1¾oz icing sugar sifted
  • 200 g/7oz strawberries hulled and quartered
  • 300 g/10½oz raspberries
  • 200 g/7oz blueberries
  • powdered sugar for dusting

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 160C/140C Fan/Gas Line a large baking tray with baking parchment and draw a 30cm/12in circle in the middle of the paper. Draw a 15cm/6in circle in the centre of the larger circle to make a ring.
  2. Put the egg whites in a clean mixing bowl and whisk with an electric whisk until soft peaks form when the whisk is removed. Gradually add the sugar a little at a time, whisking on maximum speed until they are stiff and glossy. Mix the vinegar and cornflour in a cup until smooth, then stir into the egg whites.
  3. Spoon the meringue onto the ring drawn on the baking parchment. Using a large spoon make a shallow trench in the meringue for the cream and fruit to sit in.
  4. Transfer to the oven and immediately reduce the temperature to 140C/120C Fan/Gas Bake for 1 hour–1 hour 15 minutes, until the outside is hard but still white. Turn the oven off and leave the pavlova inside for an hour or overnight to cool and dry.
  5. To assemble, whip the cream, vanilla paste and icing sugar until stiff peaks form when the whisk is removed. Spoon the cream into the trench in the meringue. Arrange the strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and pomegranate on top and decorate with a few mint leaves, if using. To serve, dust with icing sugar and cut into wedges.

Recipe Notes

Adapted from Mary Berry's Christmas Pavlova Recipe