Pavlova

Name: Pavlova
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 75 min
Total time: 155 min
Yield: 8 cakes
Cuisine: australian
Ingredients: 4 large Egg, whites; 250 g Sugar; 2 tsp Potato or corn starch; 1 tsp Vinegar; 300 ml Cream; 1 piece Mango; 1 piece Lemon, a little zest or passionfruit if you have it

A marshmallow-centred meringue, cream and fruit — Australia and New Zealand still arguing, both correct enough to eat.

Recipe by I Want Some Food · Reviewed by the editorial kitchen. Native name preserved: Pavlova.

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Prep: 20 min
Cook: 1 hr 15 min
Total: 2 hr 35 min
Difficulty: Medium
Spice: No chilli
Cost: Cheap nightUnder $8 USD · indicative, not a store price

Know it before you cook it

Source photograph of Pavlova. Not official I Want Some Food pixel artwork. — Photo: Hazel Fowler via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. Source

About

Pavlova is a meringue baked so the inside stays soft and the shell crisps, then cream and fruit (passionfruit, kiwi, berries). We are not settling the nationality fight. We are writing a meringue that does not weep if you rest it in the oven.

Ingredients

Servings

Egg, whites4 large
Sugar250 g
Potato or corn starch9.9 ml
Vinegar4.9 ml
Cream300 ml
Mango (optional)1
Lemon, a little zest or passionfruit if you have it1

Scaling multiplies the written quantities. Baking still prefers a scale.

Steps

Step 1
Beat whites to soft peaks, rain in sugar until glossy. Fold cornflour and vinegar. Pile on paper.
12 min
Step 2
Bake at 120°C 70 minutes. Cool in the oven. Cream, fruit.
75 min

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The canonical recipe stays intact. Personal versions are labelled. Serving changes are maths, not AI.

Adaptations · 0 / 15 used. Resets 24 August.

Substitutions

Mango → Berries or kiwi
The usual fruit. Passionfruit is the perfume.

Tips

Humidity is the enemy. A wet day makes a sticky pav.
Assemble at the last minute.

History & culture

Christmas in summer, and the backyard dessert that is not a trifle.

Named for the dancer. Australia and New Zealand both have early claims. The plate is shared whether the newspapers like it or not.

Modern adaptation

Provenance: Editorial adaptation. Original editorial adaptation for I Want Some Food. Not copied from another recipe site. Official recipe photography is pending. Photograph: Hazel Fowler via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pavlova%20dessert.JPG