Pavlova in a Glass

Submitted by katia

"It's a light dessert suitable for the summer. Post for the Zaar World Tour 2006. You can use all sorts of fruits such as bananas, strawberries, pineapple, cherries, etc."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 55mins
• Ingredients: 4
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 5 egg whites
• 1⁄2 cup powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt

directions

1. Mix with a electric mixer the egg whites for 3 minutes. Gradually add spoon by spoon the sugar, the vinegar and the salt. Keep on stirring until its firm.
2. Put baking paper in a casserole dish or Pyrex.
3. Preheat oven at 150°C or 300°F.
4. Arrange the meringue in the Pyrex and place in the oven.
5. Reduce temperature at 140°C or 280°F and cook for 90 minutes.
6. When the pavlova is cold enough, break in pieces and put them in glasses mixed with the fruits, also in small pieces.

Reviews

[kiwidutch]

LOved it.. the taste was great but I feel that the texture was very soft. If you like your Pav's all marshmellow fluff and a little on the stickier side then this is prefect but most Pav's I know have this consistancy on the inside and then a crunchier crust on the outside. I'm certain that making this in a pyrex dish was the reason for no crunchy outside crust and that cooking it on an oven tray would have given it a crust. That said, the flavour was great, and it was definiately yummy.I combined mine with slice fresh pineapple, peaches, blueberries and nectarines for a beautiful low fat dessert. Please see my rating system: The softness if the Pav did make it harder to spoon into the glasses, so I will be making this one again, but sans pyrex next time and then can ejoy a crusty outer layer as well. Thanks!

 

[ellie_]

Wonderful low cal dessert (on WW I figured about 2 points which includes the fruit). I used a mixture of berries for the fruit (strawberries, blueberries and blackberries) - I think other fruits will also be great. I picked this recipe as a way to use up egg whites - but we will be having this often this summer!

 

[Pastryismybiz]

I give this a 5 star for easy and so tasty. I did not bake the meringue the 90 minutes, just until set and brown on the top which gave me a firm texture like on a meringue pie. It was beautiful layered with banana slices, banana pudding, pavlova and topped with toasted walnut halves. Great quick dessert. Love Meringue.

 

[Mme M]

Like the others have said, this is outstanding! For the fruit, I used fresh banana and mango, and I also used dried tropical papaya and pineapple. I absolutely loved it!

 

[BarbryT]

I made this for the Australia & New Zealand Desserts Challenge for ZWT3. Meringues actually were the very first thing I learned to make on my own. :-) This could be made better only with some sweetened heavy cream. :!: Truly delicious...and relatively healthy as desserts go.