Pavlova with Baked Plums

Pavlova with Baked Plums
Main ingredients
  • Dairy
Ingredients
Method

Ingredients

For the Baked Plums:
  • 8 plums, sliced in half and pitted
  • 100g butter, cut into blocks
  • 125ml sugar
  • 125ml water
  • 1 vanilla pod
For the Meringue:
  • 8 egg whites
  • 250g caster sugar
  • 200g icing sugar, sifted
  • 25g corn flour, sifted
To serve:
  • 250ml cream, whipped
  • 50g dried cranberries
  • 50g pistachio nuts
  • Edible gold leaves

  • Method

  • 1
    To make the Baked Plums:
  • 2
    Preheat the oven to 180°C. Arrange the plums and butter in an oven dish. Sprinkle the sugar and water over the plums and add the vanilla pod. Bake for 20 minutes and allow to cool.
  • 3
    To make the Meringue:
  • 4
    Preheat the oven to 120°C/100°C fan forced.
  • 5
    Using a pencil, mark out the circumference of a dinner plate on baking parchment.
  • 6
    Whisk the egg whites in a bowl or an electric mixer until they form stiff peaks, then whisk in the caster sugar (15ml at a time), until the meringue looks glossy. Fold in the icing sugar and corn flour.
  • 7
    Spread the meringue inside the circle of baking parchment, creating a crater by making the sides a little higher than the middle. Bake for 3 hours.
  • 8
    When the meringue has cooled, spoon cream on top and decorate with baked plums, cranberries, pistachio nuts and edible gold leaves.