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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Australasian >> Australian >> New Zealander

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to 225'F. | 2. Fold foil over a cookie sheet, shiny side up. | 3. Add salt to egg whites. Beat egg whites until stiff. | 4. Gradually beat in 1 cup of super fine sugar but ONLY 1 tbsp at a time. It should be glossy and stand in stiff peaks. | 5. Fold in the remaining super fine sugar, 1/2 cup, as quickly as possible. | 6. Fold in vinegar and then the vanilla extract. | 7. Use spatula to plop mixture into an 8 - 9 inch circle. Make a depression in the centre of the Pavlova. | 8. Bake 1 1/2 - 2 hours, normally closer to 2 hours. The Pavlova changes a little in colour (light tan) when it is finished. | 9. Remove from oven. Only cool the Pavlova until you can handle it. | 10. Gently flip the Pavlova into one hand. Peel the foil off the bottom of the Pavlova. Gently flip onto a serving plate. Let Pavlova completely cool on the plate. | 11. TOPPING: | 12. Beat heavy whipping cream in a cold bowl. When the cream starts to get thick add icing sugar and vanilla extract. Peaks should form, soft or stiff peaks is a personal preference. | 13. Top COOLED Pavlova with whipped cream, and preferably as close to serving as possible. | 14. Decorate with the fruit of your choice. Here are some combinations we use. | 15. 1 punnet (pint) strawberries, washed, hulled & sliced and 2 kiwi fruits, peeled and sliced. | 16. Or, 2 passionfruit pulps, halved & pulp scooped out, and 3 kiwi fruits, peeled & sliced. | 17. Or a 14 oz can peaches sliced, & juice drained. | 18. Or 2 passionfruit pulps, halved & pulp scooped out and one 14 oz can peaches sliced, & juice drained. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
egg white	4			68.64	0.9636	14.388	0.2244
salt	1	pinch		-	-	-	-
superfine sugar	1 1/2	cups	divided	-	-	-	-
vanilla extract	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
white vinegar	1	teaspoon		0.9	0.002	0.0	0.0
heavy whipping cream	1	cup		408.0	3.2880000000000003	3.408	43.29600000000001
icing sugar	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
vanilla extract	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.