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Christmas 3-Tier Pavlova

Stunning Christmas 3-Tier Pavlova recipe—feeds 10, can be made ahead, and perfect for a stress-free holiday table. Elegant, festive, and delicious.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 10

Ingredients
  

  • 8 large egg whites
  • 500 g caster sugar or sugar alternative like stevia/erythritol
  • 4 teaspoons cornflour
  • 2 teaspoons white vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • To finish:
  • 600 ml double cream whipped
  • 2 punnets fresh strawberries 500g total, sliced
  • 1 large punnet fresh raspberries 300g
  • Sprigs of rosemary to decorate
  • Lots of Strawberry sauce - see recipe linked above

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven 140ºC fan. Prepare the 2 large baking tins with parchment paper. Take 3 plates of different sizes, 10 inch, 8 inch 4 inch approximately, draw around the plates with a sharpie pen then turn the paper over on the tray to see the outline on the opposite side. Set the trays to one side.
  • Make sure the bowl and whisk is spotlessly clean. Use a standing mixer or hand held beater, add the egg whites and beat for a few minutes, add the sugar a spoon at a time until incorporated. Continue to beat until the mix is thick and glossy, test that it’s thick by turning the bowl upside down, it shouldn’t be runny.
  • Add in the cornflour, vinegar and vanilla, and stir through the mix with a spatula.
  • Scoop the mix out of the bowl and onto the circles. Use a flat spatula to spread out the mix evenly.
  • Turn the oven down to 130ºC fan and bake for 1 hour. Turn the oven off after this time, DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR. Leave the pavlova disks to cool completely, leave them OVERNIGHT if you can.
  • To assemble: Place the biggest disk on a big plate, top with whipped cream, scatter some raspberries, strawberries, repeat, drizzle with strawberry sauce and decorate with rosemary and dust with icing sugar.
  • Make ahead storage: The cooked dried pavlova disks will keep for up to 1 week in an airtight container on the counter top.Store in deep baking trays covered with a lid or foil or cling film. Try not to squash them.
Keyword Christmas baking, Christmas Dessert, Pavlova
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