Retro party recipe for 6 people, takes only 30 mins; recipe has vinegar, vanilla extract, cornflour, egg white, light muscovado sugar, golden caster sugar, hazelnut, strawberry, cassis and double cream.
Scrumptious strawberry pavlova
Course: Retro party
Servings
6
servings
Prep time
20 mins
Ingredients
- Golden Caster Sugar: 100g golden caster sugar
- Vanilla Extract: 2 tsp vanilla extract
- Strawberry: 600g strawberries
- Double Cream: 568ml carton double cream
- Cornflour: 2 tsp cornflour
- Light Muscovado Sugar: 100g light muscovado sugar
- Egg White: 4 large egg whites
- Hazelnut: 25g hazelnuts
- Vinegar: 2 tsp vinegar, any type
- Cassis: 3 tbsp cassis (blackcurrant liquer)
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 140C/gas 1/ fan 120C. Line a large baking sheet with non-stick parchment.
- Blend the vinegar, vanilla and cornflour to a paste. Whisk the egg whites until stiff. Gradually whisk in the sugars, adding a little paste with each addition, until a thick marshmallowy meringue is formed.
- Spread it out to a 20cm circle on the baking sheet, swirling the knife to make peaks. Scatter over the nuts and bake for 1 hour, then turn off the oven and leave it to cool.
- Sieve 100g/4oz strawberries into a bowl. Stir in the cassis. Whip the cream softly. Slice half the strawberries and fold into the cream. Then swirl in 3 tbsp sauce.
- Put the pavlova on a flat plate. Spoon in the cream, scatter on the strawberries, drizzle with sauce.
