Tropical temperatures
Well not really tropical, but it has been really warm here all of a sudden so, having remembered that I had loads of egg whites in the freezer, I decided to do a tropical tasting pavlova. I tend to use this recipe from the BBC food web site and it works really well, giving a nice marshmallowy meringue.
After making the meringue and allowing to cool, toast a handful of desiccated coconut in a dry frying pan and leave to cool. Take 250g of mascarpone and the same of yoghurt and put into a bowl. It doesn’t matter what yoghurt, but nothing too thick as the mascarpone is very thick. Add the zest of a lime a couple of tablespoons of icing sugar and about 50ml of dark rum (or malibu would also be nice to give an extra coconut flavour) and mix well. Spread the mixture evenly all over the meringue and top with 1 ripe mango cut into chunks and finally the toasted coconut. Then sit out in the sun with a fork and a large wedge of meringue on your plate.
Tags: coconut, food, icing sugar, lime, mango, mascarpone, meringue, pavlova, picture, recipe, rum
May 9th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Hi Sarah. i love the sound of this pavlova… it’s a dessert i’ve still to master.
I was looking for an email address for you but couldn’t find one. I wanted to get in touch and tell you this:
I got an email from a man who works for a marketing company who was involved in the Enjoy the Taste of Scotland event I was recently at in Glasgow. He is wanting to meet with some food bloggers in the general area of Ulster or beyond this Thursday evening (somewhere in Belfast I assume). I thought you may be interested. Are you free to come and meet up? Or just interested in hearing more? Get in touch and let me know. Free drinks included!
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May 9th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
I have been reading a lot about pavlovas lately, and that one looks realllly delicious! Mango and marshmallow - yum!
May 9th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
I love pavlova, I often make them, this one looks divine
May 18th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Pavlova heaven!!! Love it when they’re chewy inside aswell - totally tropical (said in myt best jamaican accent you know :-D)
May 28th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
This sounds fantastic. I can’t pass up mango or meringue!