Merry Christmas Pavlova with Fresh Berries
Make on FrescoChristmas wouldn't be complete without a Pavlova, topped with cream and berries. Make the cream a salted caramel cream and you're onto a real winner!
There is always one dish that reminds me of the bridal dress in a fashion parade, and this is it! Beautiful, ethereal and so delicious, I am pretty sure you won't wait for just Christmas each year... it will become a special occasion repeat performer in no time.
If you are afraid of pavlova in the traditional way, this Thermomix method has you sorted. However to make it traditionally is also extremely simple...Try this method instead. Almond Meringue with Brownes Whipping Cream

Need
- 230 Grams egg whites (no more)
- 1 Teaspoon cream of tartar
- 330 Grams raw caster sugar BUY
- 1 Tablespoon cornflour or cornstarch
- 2 Teaspoons white wine vinegar
- 1 Teaspoon vanilla bean paste BUY
- 1 Batch Salted Caramel Cream Recipe
- OR 1 Batches Perfect Whipped Cream Recipe
- Fresh Berries to serve
Do
- 1
Preheat oven to 150°C and place rack into middle of oven.
- 2
Line a completely flat baking sheet with paper and set aside.
- 3
Ensure Thermomix bowl and butterfly are immaculately clean and dry before beginning.
- 4
Place egg whites and cream of tartar into Thermomix bowl and whip 5 min/37°C/Butterfly/ speed 3.5.
- 5
Add all the sugar and whip 6 min/37°C/Butterfly/speed 3. Occasionally stop and scrape down sides of bowl with a flat silicone spatula (not the TM spatula).
- 6
Add cornflour, vinegar and vanilla and whip 1 min/37°C/Butterfly/speed 3.
- 7
Gently transfer mixture onto baking tray, to approximately a 20cm circumference, mounding it up as high as you can. It will flatten during baking.
- 8
Place into preheated oven and reduce heat to 120°C. Bake 1 hour and 20 minutes.
- 9
Switch off oven and leave to cool in oven for approx 3 hours or longer if possible.
- 10
Whip pre-made and cold Salted Caramel Cream until holding soft peaks and spread generously across the top of the pavlova, finishing with lots of fresh berries of choice.
More
The vinegar clean is a hint, I do not usually do this.
Do a vinegar clean of bowl and Butterfly before starting recipe.
Place 1L water, 30ml vinegar 10 min/Varoma/Butterfly/speed 2.
Rinse out bowl in cold water and ensure it is dry before continuing.
Separate eggs a few hours before you begin. Leave uncovered in a clean ceramic bowl to 'age' the egg whites.
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