DISH RESEARCH · Dessert
Pavlova
A meringue dessert with a crisp exterior and soft centre, topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit in Edmonds’ recipe.
About Pavlova
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Pavlova is a meringue dessert with a crisp shell and a soft, fluffy centre. Edmonds presents it as a New Zealand Christmas and summer-celebration favourite.
Caster sugar is gradually beaten into the egg whites. Vinegar, vanilla essence and the named cornflour product follow; whipped cream and fresh fruit finish the dessert.
The meringue is shaped into a round with a shallow depression on top. It is baked, left to cool in the oven overnight, then carefully moved to a serving plate.
Cream and fruit fill the central depression after cooling. The recipe leaves the choice of fresh fruit open.
Edmonds associates the development of this meringue cake with both Australia and New Zealand. This account keeps that shared association without assigning an exclusive birthplace.
Ingredients in Pavlova
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Ingredient connections awaiting review. Versions and preparation vary.
Origins & food traditions
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- Countries & places
- Australia, New Zealand
- Cooking traditions
- Australian cuisine, New Zealand cuisine