Ingredients
8 egg whites
2 cups caster sugar
1 tablespoon cornflour
3 teaspoons white vinegar
600ml tub thickened cream
¼ cup icing sugar mixture
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
250g punnet strawberries, halved
125g punnet raspberries
¼ cup chopped pistachios, toasted, chopped
Icing sugar mixture, to decorate
Method
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Trace a 20cm x 30cm rectangle on a piece of baking paper. Place baking paper, trace-side down, on a greased oven tray.
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Place egg whites, caster sugar, cornflour and vinegar in a large bowl of an electric mixer. Beat on high speed for about 10 minutes, or until sugar is dissolved and mixture is thick and glossy.
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Dollop heaped ½-cup measures of meringue, side-by-side, with three crossways and four lengthways, inside the rectangle on prepared tray.
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Cook in a very slow oven (100C) for about 1 hour and 45 minutes to 2 hours, or until dry and crisp. Turn oven off. Cool pavlova in oven with door ajar.
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Carefully transfer pavlova to a serving plate or board.
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Beat cream, icing sugar and vanilla in a large bowl of an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Spoon cream evenly over individual meringues. Top with berries and pistachios. Dust with sifted icing sugar.
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To serve, use a spoon to remove individual meringues to serving plates.
