Mulled Wine Pear And Blackberry Pavlovas

A dreamy little dessert with whipped cream, poached pears, and pistachios.

By @georginaelizat

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Mulled Wine Pear And Blackberry Pavlovas

Cook time: 60 minutes

Servings: 18

Ingredients

  • 6 medium egg whites
  • 250 g caster sugar
  • 1 tsp cornflour
  • 0.5 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1 bottle mulled wine
  • 4 pears
  • 1 tbsp cornflour
  • 1 tbsp water
  • 500 ml double/heavy whipping cream
  • 0.5 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 punnet blackberries
  • 2 handfuls pistachios

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat your oven to 100C/212F.
  2. Add your egg whites (be careful to remove all egg yolk) and caster sugar to a standing mixer and mix on high. Set a timer for 10 minutes. Scrape down the sides of your bowl about 5 minutes in.
  3. Once the meringue has formed firm peaks (keep mixing for another minute or so if 10 minutes isn’t enough) turn the mixer off.
  4. Add cornflour, vanilla extract, and apple cider vinegar. Mix again for 30 seconds until all combined.
  5. Place into a large piping bag and pipe on baking paper lined trays. It depends how big you make them but this could make around 18 mini pavlovas. Use a piping nozzle if you want swirls.
  6. Place in the oven for 50 minutes, then turn the oven off and leave them in there for another 10 minutes - don’t open the oven door. Then remove and leave to chill at room temp.
  7. Place your mulled wine into a saucepan on medium-high heat with peeled and quartered pears. Cook for around 10 minutes, until the pears are soft. Remove pears from the pan.
  8. Remove half of your wine liquid (enjoy a tipple) then add a cornflour slurry (1 tbsp corn flour whisked with 1 tbsp water). If you want to use all of the leftover liquid to make a mulled wine sauce to use for other things, use a slurry of 2 tbsp cornflour + 2 tbsp water. Continue mixing the wine on a medium-high heat until thickened to a sauce then remove from heat.
  9. Place cream and 1/2 tsp vanilla into an electric mix and whip until soft peaks.
  10. Layer the pavlova up with cream, pear, blackberry halves, chopped pistachios and some of your mulled wine sauce.
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