Jacki said: Find your favourite Pavlova recipe,
or use the one below, and made a few quick and easy changes to the way it is
put together and you have a Pavlova Tree or a Pavlova in a jar – great to serve
on Christmas day and for party favours for your guests.
Ingredients: -
6
egg whites (room temperature)
330
gms caster sugar
1
tbs cornflour
1
tsp balsamic vinegar
25gms
cocoa powder
6
Ferrero chocolates, crushed
600mls
thickened cream
1
vanilla bean, scraped
1/3
cup icing sugar
Pistacchio
nuts, hulled and crushed
Punnet
of blueberries
1. Preheat oven to 140°C. Line 2 baking trays
with baking paper.
2. Using an electric mixer, beat eggwhites in a
large bowl until soft peaks form. Gradually add in the caster sugar. Continue beating until
meringue is thick and glossy, about 5-7 minutes. Sift cocoa powder into meringue and
fold in the crushed ferrero chocolates.
3. If making the pavlova tree, spoon the
meringue mixture into rounds on your baking paper using different sizes circles. This will achieve the Christmas tree cone
shape. Make as many rounds as you like and make the tree as
high or wide as you like.
4. Put the trays in the oven and immediately
lower the temperature to 120°C. Depending in the size of your shells the cooking time will
take between 1 and 1½ hours. Keep checking. The shells will be ready when the surfaces are
hard. Turn the oven off and leave the
door ajar until the oven is cooled.
5. To make chantilly cream, beat thickened cream
together with the scraped vanilla bean and icing sugar until stiff peaks are
achieved.
6. To assemble, get your favourite cake stand
and place a small blob of cream on the stand and start layering the pavlova shells,
with the larger circles on the bottom and work your way up.
In between each layer, pipe the chantilly cream with sprinkle with the pistachio nuts and blueberries. Top the tree with
a swirl of cream and a luscious blueberry.
Recipe by Jacki of Blissfully Sweet Cakes - www.blissfullysweetcakes.blogspot.com
Photography by Leanne of Sweet Style - www.sweetstyle.com.au
