DESSERTS: This recipe was given to me by a friends who swears by it as a "fool-proof" dessert to serve at dinner parties.

PAVLOVA:

 

 

 

meringue:

    8 egg whites                                                

    1 ½ cups sugar

    4 tsp. each vinegar & corn starch

    2 tsp vanilla extract

filling and topping:

    1 cup whipping cream                                            

    2-3 tbsp. icing sugar

    1 tbsp. kirsch or cherry liqueur                   

    2 kiwi fruit, peeled and sliced

    1 pint strawberries clean and sliced                        

 

 

 

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Grease a baking sheet or an 11-inch quiche pan or shallow baking pan of comparable size. 

 

Beat egg whites until foamy, then gradually add in sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, and continue beating until stiff and shiny. Combine vinegar, corn starch and vanilla; then fold mixture into egg whites carefully. Spread egg-white mixture onto prepared pan, swirling and building up the sides so that there is a well in the middle.  

 

Bake for 30 minutes. Reduce over to 200 degrees F and continue to bake for 1 ½ hours. Turn off oven and leave the meringue to cool inside the oven without opening the door. Remove from oven when completely cooled and transfer to serving platter.

 

Whip cream until soft peaks form, add icing sugar and kirsch. Continue beating until stiff.  Pile whipped cream into the well in the middle of the meringue and arrange fruit attractively on top to serve.