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Pavlova Christmas tree topped with strawberries and passionfruit

Give your pavlova a merry, tree-shaped makeover. - by Sarah Murphy
  • 02 Dec 2021
Pavlova Christmas tree topped with strawberries and passionfruit
Prep: 20 Minutes - Cook: 60 Minutes - Serves 6
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If you normally opt for a classic circular shaped pav, how about giving the Christmas centrepiece a merry, tree-shaped makeover. Piling your pavlova high with strawberries and passionfruit pulp is a given, but you can make it even more jolly with easy white-choc stars.

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Ingredients

1 cup white chocolate melts, melted

5 free-range egg whites, at room temperature

¼ tsp cream of tartar

1¼ cups caster sugar

2 tsp vanilla extract

2 tsp white vinegar

2 Tbsp cornflour

600ml thickened cream, whipped to soft peaks

Sliced strawberries, passionfruit pulp and icing sugar, to decorate

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 120°C fan-forced (140°C conventional). Draw a tree outline on paper, then photocopy to enlarge tree to 35cm high and 25cm at widest part of base. Copy image onto baking paper and lay on an oven tray, image-side down.

  2. Transfer melted chocolate to a small snaplock bag with one corner snipped. To make decorative stars, pipe crosses onto a piece of baking paper, then add horizontal and vertical lines through the middle. Leave stars to set completely.

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    Step 2   

  3. Put egg whites and cream of tartar in the large bowl of an electric mixer. Beat, using whisk attachment, until soft peaks form.

  4. With motor running, add sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating well after each addition, until well combined and meringue is thick and glossy. Add vanilla, vinegar and cornflour. Beat until just combined.

  5. Transfer mixture to a large piping bag with a large plain nozzle. Pipe a meringue tree onto prepared baking paper from Step 1. With an offset spatula, smooth the tree surface. 

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    Step 5   Use a piping bag to outline and fill the Christmas tree with the pavlova mixture before smoothing with an offset spatula.

  6. Pipe another 2-3 outlines on tree, creating a cavity in the middle. Bake for 1 hour, or until meringue is crisp. Turn oven off and leave meringue to completely cool for 2 hours with door ajar.

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    Step 6   Pipe the edges of the tree to create a cavity in the middle.

  7. Spoon cream into meringue. Top with strawberry, pulp and choc stars. Dust with icing sugar. Serve. Give your pavlova a merry makeover
    with this cute idea for a tasty Chrissy tree! 

Christmas tree-shaped pavlova decorated with berries

Piling your pavlova high with strawberries and passionfruit pulp is a given, but you can make it even more jolly with easy white-choc stars.

Rob Palmer

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Sarah Murphy
Sarah Murphy
Sarah Murphy has worked in food magazines for over 10 years, and is known for her sweet tooth and love of creating hacks and twists on classic recipes. You can usually find Sarah baking cheesy garlic bread pull-apart for friends on the weekend, (but still hasn’t mastered the art of sourdough yet!).

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