FIG & THYME PAVLOVA WITH SPICY RED WINE PLUM SYRUP
This Fig & Thyme Pavlova with Spicy Red Wine Plum Syrup is the only dessert recipe you'll ever need. Elegant, fruity and just a touch of spice. Perfect for any season.
Ingredients
- 6 egg whites
- 1/2 tsp white vinegar
- 330 g castor sugar sifted
- 1 1/2 tsp cornflour sifted
- pinch of cream of tartar
- seeds from one vanilla pod
For the Spicy Red Wine Plum Syrup:
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup red wine
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 3-5 whole cloves
- 1 plum roughly chopped
Toppings:
- 1 cup whipped cream
- 5-7 figs quartered
- fresh thyme
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 120ºC and line a baking tray with baking paper.
- Place the egg whites and cream of tartar in your stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment and whisk on medium speed until frothy.
- Start adding the sugar one teaspoon at a time until all the sugar is finished.
- Increase the speed and continue you mixing until you reach stiff peaks.
- Sprinkle the cornflour, vanilla seeds and vinegar over the meringue and fold it all in.
- Spoon mixture onto the baking paper creating 4-6 circle like shapes.
- Use a palette knife to first create a round shape. Then in-strips, pull the meringue in an upward
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