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Perfect Pavlova

Name: Perfect Pavlova
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 6 egg whites (at room temperature); 2 cups Chelsea Caster Sugar (450g); 1 tsp vanilla essence; 1 tsp white vinegar; 2 tsp Edmonds Fielder's Cornflour; 300ml Meadow Fresh Original Cream, whipped; Fruit, to decorate

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Preparation

20 mins

Bake

1 hours 30 mins

Difficulty

Easy

Servings

This easy pavlova recipe takes only 20 minutes to prepare (the rest is baking time). Bake this and you'll be the dessert hero! The many 5 star reviews speak for themselves.

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Ingredients
Method

Ingredients

6 egg whites (at room temperature)
2 cups Chelsea Caster Sugar (450g)
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 tsp white vinegar
2 tsp Edmonds Fielder's Cornflour
300ml Meadow Fresh Original Cream, whipped
Fruit, to decorate

Additional tips

Older eggs work better as the white breaks down easier.

Wipe the bowl beforehand with lemon juice to remove any greasy residue before beating the egg whites (grease affects the ability for the egg whites to form peaks).

Chelsea Caster Sugar is needed as the fine crystal size traps and holds air - more air is trapped because there are more crystals.

Chelsea Products in Recipe

Caster Sugar

The fine crystal of Chelsea...

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Reviews

172

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Reni Joanne Gargiulo

Perfect!

rebekah

This was the first time I've made a pavlova and although it didn't quite turn out correctly (my error - think I didn't mix all the sugar in properly as it seeped syrup while baking), it was saveable and was absolutely delicious.

Unknown

I chose this recipe for my first attempt at a pav... Just perfect! This is a keeper

Unknown

Malt vinegar is not gluten free, to make it gluten free you could use white instead

Gorge

Amazing

Fletcher

So good and yummy

David Frith

Used the recipe last night, it looks superb ! Thank you for the recipe reource!

Argy

It works winderfully

Amelia Ritchie

Great recipe as i had an ex mother-in-law known for her pavlova. It has been over 10 yrs since I made one, so wanted to see if I still could. I love Chelsea recipes, they are the only ones besides the oldest cooking books I use and Edmonds too as I know they only really use Chelsea too.

Nicky

Only the second time I have made a pav, and this recipe was great. Nice large pavlova.. I was concerned about the amount of sugar and it not completely dissolving. There was still a 'grainy' feel of sugar after much beating but it turned out really well. Nice crust and soft in the middle.

Method

Preheat oven to 110ºC bake (not fan bake). Line a baking tray with baking paper.

In a large metal, ceramic or glass bowl (not plastic), beat the egg whites until soft peaks form.

Continue beating while adding the Chelsea Caster Sugar a quarter of a cup at a time. The mixture should get glossier and thicker with each addition and this should take at least 10 minutes. Beat in the vanilla, vinegar and Edmonds Fielder's Cornflour.

Spoon mixture out onto the prepared tray into a dinner plate sized mound.

Bake for approximately 1 1/2 hours, until dry and crisp and it lifts easily off the baking paper. Turn the oven off and leave the pavlova for at least an hour before removing from the oven. Finish cooling on a wire rack, then transfer to an airtight container.

When ready to serve, place on a serving plate, swirl the top with the whipped Meadow Fresh Original Cream and decorate with sliced or chopped fruit of your choice.