Passion Fruit and Mango Pavlova

This summer dessert is easy to make and bursting with tropical flavours. Deliciously crisp and chewy meringues are lavishly topped with Passion Fruit and Mango Curd from Cottage Delight available to buy at Priory Farm Shop

Ingredients

• 5 egg whites
• 300 g caster sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp white wine vinegar
• 1 tsp corn flour
• 280 ml double cream
• 100 g caster sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 jar Cottage Delight Passion Fruit & Mango curd

Preparation

1. Heat oven to 140C/fan 120C/gas 1.
2. Separate the egg whites into a bowl and add half the sugar.
3. Whisk for a couple of minutes with an electric whisk until soft peaks form.
4. Add the vanilla, vinegar and cornflour and fold gently into the eggs. Add the remaining sugar and whisk until glossy and stiff peaks form.
5. Place a piece of parchment paper over a baking sheet and mark out 6 circles, approximately 10cm in diameter.
6. Spoon the meringue mix into the centre of each circle and gently push roughly to the edge of the markings with the back of a spoon. No need to grease the paper.
7. Place in the centre of the oven and bake for 50 minutes until the meringues are crisp and still light in colour.
8. Turn the oven off and leave the meringues in the oven to cool, preferably overnight.
9. To serve: whip the cream, crème fraiche, sugar and vanilla extract together until soft peaks form then swirl through 2-3 tablespoons of Cottage Delight Passion Fruit & Mango curd