Description
Pavlova is a beautiful summertime cake. Try pairing it with fruit like melon. Basil works great with fruit and adds depth to the flavor.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 egg whites
- 5.8 oz (165 g) sugar
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- 1/2 tsp vinegar
- 0.84 cups (200 ml) whipping cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- melon
- a handful of fresh basil
- 0.4 cups (100 ml) agave nectar or honey
Instructions
- In a clean bowl, whisk egg whites until stiff peaks form. Gradually mix in sugar until it dissolves completely and you get smooth meringue. In the end, mix in cornstarch and vinegar.
- Place parchment paper onto baking sheet and draw several smaller circles. Use piping bag to pipe out meringue mixture and fill the circles. You can leave a slight indentation in the middle, where the filling goes.
- Preheat oven to 212 F (100 C). Bake for 1 hour. Turn off oven, leave it to cool completely.
- Mix whipping cream with vanilla.
- Cube melon.
- Soak basil in boiling water for 1 minutes. Rinse under cold water, drain. Pulse it with agave nectar or honey.
- Fill Pavlova with whipped cream. Place melon cubes on top. Pour basil coulis over it and serve immediately.