Monday, May 5, 2014

Pavlova with Passionfruit Sauce

Pavlova is a meringue cake that has a light and delivate crisp and a soft sweet marshmallow center.This lovely dessert is mostly served with whipped cream and fresh fruits.I liked this combination of various fruits with passionfruit sauce as the sweetness and sourness is just nice.





Lovely spread of various fruits - rasphberries, blackberries, gooseberry & passionfruits.


Passionfruits
Recipe Source: Donna Hay

Passionfruit Sauce

150g passion fruit flesh
50g suagar
20g water
2g cornflour

Methods:
1. Place the passionfruit flesh, water, sugar and cornflour in small saucepan.
2. Cook over a low hear till sugar dissolve.
3. Bring the sauce to a boil, stirring occassionall,
4. Sieved, Cool and Chill

Pavlova
4 egg whits
220g castor sugar
2 tbsp corn flour sifted
2 tsp white vinegar
1/2 tsp vanila

Deco:
1 cup of whipping cream
Fruits ( rasphberries, gooseberry, blackberry,mangoes)

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 150 degrees.
2. Whisk the egg white till stiff peak. Slowly add the sugar till the mixture is stiff and glossy.
3. Add the corn flour and vinegar and whisk till combined.
4. Shape the mixture into an 18cm  round on a baking tray.
5. Reduced temp to 120 degrees and bake for 1 hour 20 mins. 
6. Turn the oven off and leave it to cool completely in the oven.
7. Whisk the cream till soft peaks form.
8. Spread over the Pavlova, top with passionfruit sauce and fruits.

Notes:
* You’ll know when the meringue is stiff and glossy because the mixture will have tripled in volume and stands up when the beaters are lifted.
* The low heat puffs up the meringue while the long cooking time dries it out to give you a lovely crisp shell.
* Store your pavlova, undressed, in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.

8 comments:

Jozelyn Ng said...

I have never eat pavlova before but it looks so delicious! I believe it will be melt in the mouth! Mouth watering now!

Jessie-CookingMoments said...

I'm not a big fan of pavlova but I certainly like your choice of the fruits that go with it!

Cecilia Yap said...

Hi Jozelyn. , if you have a lot of balance egg white, you can give this a try. Love this with all kinds of fruits .

Cecilia Yap said...

Hi Jessie, I am not a big fan too but the passionfruit sauce goes well with this too.

Esther Lau said...

I love passion fruit, this dessert looks yummy :)

Aunty Young(安迪漾) said...

I have never eat pavlova before too. Another new item for me ,thanks for sharing this look "sedutively tempting "cake. Wish I can samlpe it now.

Cecilia Yap said...

Esther - I love this too especially with the passionflower sauce..

Cecilia Yap said...

Aunty Young - this Pavlova is actually sweet, you either like it or hate it, but with this passion fruit sauce., it blends very well..Do give it a try...