ReceptOK – Food and Drink Recipes

Steps to make Haunted Pavlova:

• For the pavlovas: Preheat the oven to 100 C. Whip the egg white in a bowl until they are light and fluffy, start adding the caster sugar 1 tsp at a time until all the sugar is incorporated, the egg white should hold stiff peaks and appear glossy.
• Either pipe or spoon around 3/4 of the egg whites onto a lined baking sheet, then pipe the rest of mix into little ghosts on a baking sheet. Bake in the oven for around one hour, the pavlova on the stop shelf and the ghosts on the lower shelf, then turn off the heat and open the oven door slightly and allow to cool completely whilst still in the oven.
• Once cool draw ghost faces on the mini pavlovas, either with edible black pen or with a little dark chocolate.
• For the coulis: Heat the blackcurrants with the liqueur and sugar in a frying pan and heat, mixing well. Bring to the boil for a few minutes, it should start to thicken slightly. Then removed from the heat and pass through a sieve, set to one side to cool.
• To Assemble: Line the inside of the pavlova with dark chocolate. Whip the double cream until it holds firm peaks, the spoon into the pavlova base. Drizzle over lots of the blackcurrant coolie. Use lots of meringue ghosties to decorate, then serve.