380. Coconut sugar pavlova pots
Coconut sugar pavlova pots W sweet labneh & strawberry salsa
Serves about 6. Pavlova lovingly adapted from Bill
Start draining the yogurt a day ahead
5 egg whites
3/4 cup of raw caster sugar
1/2 cup of dark coconut sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 teaspoons of white vinegar
2 tablespoons of cornflour
1 tablespoon of arrowroot
Sweet Labneh
700g of full fat Greek yogurt
3 tbs honey
Seeds of 1 vanilla bean or 2 tsp vanilla extract
Strawberry Salsa
Juice of 1 orange
500g strawberries, finely diced
1 bunch of mint
1/2 tsp cinnamon
To make the labneh, combine the yogurt, honey and vanilla in a bowl. Line a sieve with muslin and place over a bowl. Drain the yogurt over a bowl in the fridge overnight. In the morning, scoop out the thick strained yogurt and set aside. Discard the watery whey.
To make the pavlova, Preheat your oven to 200 degrees. Beat the egg whites and vanilla in a bowl until firm peaks form. Slowly add the sugars and beat until thick and glossy and the sugar is completely incorporated. This could take up to ten minutes.
Fold in the cornflour, arrowroot and vinegar.
Spread the mixture on a baking tray lined with baking paper. It should be about 5cm thick. Put it in to the oven and immediately turn it down to about 110 degrees. Bake for 1 and a half hours. The meringue should be completely dry to the touch. Then turn off the oven, open the door slightly and allow the pavlova to cool completely inside.
To make the salsa, While the pavlova is cooking, combine all the strawberry salsa ingredients in a bowl, and transfer to the fridge to let the flavours mingle a little.
When the pavlova is cool, crumble it – perhaps the most fun of all! Leave fairy large chunks, you don’t want powdery crumbs.
There’s no real fancy way to assemble these babies. A ratio of 1 -1 -1 is favoured but by no means a concrete rule. A good few spoonfuls of each layered atop each other then repeated works a treat. The best part is, if you’re throwing a dinner party you can just put all the components out and everyone can assemble themselves.