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Home » Rhubarb, raspberry and white chocolate pavlova

Rhubarb, raspberry and white chocolate pavlova

March 1, 2011 by Sarah / Maison Cupcake

Although not a girly girl, I do love fuschia. Baby soft shades have their place on sugared almonds but I prefer deep tones. My wardrobe is full of deep pink cardigans, t-shirts and skirts, even a pair of fuschia linen trousers. The pride of my scant make up bag is a Chanel lipstick in same shade as this fabric above (a Monsoon organza wrap I draped over a similarly coloured velvet dress at an autumn wedding over ten years ago).

So this is why this pavlova started out just as rhubarb and white chocolate but I felt it lacked a bit of oomph. So a handful of last summer’s raspberries from the garden came out of the deep freeze to scatter over the top and splash with a nail varnish toned raspberry sauce. Like a washed out face with a puff of blusher added, that’s better.

I am honoured this month to be hosting Meeta’s Monthly Mingle from What’s for Lunch Honey. Meeta has plenty of oomph and I’ve been fortunate enough to meet her a few times at various blogging get togethers. I wanted to think of a theme with as much pizz-azz as the lady herself and after several discarded ideas, struck upon THINK PINK.

You can submit anything to this month’s Monthly Mingle so long as it prominently features an ingredient that is pink. Quite what shade of pink is down your personal preference.

My pictures today are channelling “Walls Vienetta Ad circa 1986” or whatever that product was that a much younger Catherine Zeta Jones used to dive into, possibly cream cakes. It’s so fashionable to have stark white background to your pictures today that when I peruse old cookery books in charity shops, the moody lighting always looks very strange.

Alas today it was my way of dealing with dim February light, I’ve grown rather used to holding up bits of cardboard covered in foil at 3pm struggling to bounce the slightest bit of light that crawls in through my not very big kitchen window.

Warmer weather can never be guaranteed but at least longer days can – and by the time we have our Mingle round up, technically it will be summertime.

Right now I have a fixation with pasteurised egg whites sold in tetrapaks. I use them for macarons since I’m clumsy separating eggs and cannot bear wasting the yolks which often perish in my fridge before I can use them. There’s only so much egg white omelette a girl can eat. How could I use 200mls of egg white sensibly? Pavlova of course!

There are a lot of pans required here to make the meringue, compote, the ganache and the syrup. In my defence however, I must point out that all four of these components can be made in advance at your leisure. The meringue will keep for a week in an airtight tin and the ganache can be melted in the microwave to bring it back to the right consistency. So piles of washing up are not compulsory here (at least not all at the same time).

I’d possibly only made pavlova once before this and it was a very long time ago. Not being a huge fan of cream, it’s a dessert I normally pass by. Not so my neighbours though… two sets of neighbours were each given a third of this beauty leaving the rest for my husband. “I loooooove pavlova, it’s my favourite!” said each of them. Which was fortunate else my husband would have been eating it for a week. I’m sure he wouldn’t have complained.

How to Mingle:

  • Create a dish that fits the Think Pink theme as described above.
  • Post about it on your blog from now till 30 March 2011 (entries must be in English, please).
  • Your creation should be prepared for the current Monthly Mingle theme and shared with a maximum of 2 other blog events. Let’s try and keep the creations as fresh as the ingredients you use.
  • You must provide a link to this post and the official Monthly Mingle page.

Once you’ve posted your dish, please email me sarahATmaisoncupcakeDOTcom with:

  • Your name
  • The blog name
  • The name of your dish
  • A picture no wider than 300 pixels

The round up will be on the weekend of 2/3 April. Happy Mingling!

Rhubarb, Raspberry and White Chocolate Pavlova
Based on Christmas Pavlova by Nigella Lawson, How to Be a Domestic Goddess
Serves 8-10

Ingredients
For the pavlova base
6 large egg whites
pinch of salt
375g caster sugar
3/4 tbsp cornflour
1 1/2 tsp vinegar

For the rhubarb compote topping
3 sticks rhubarb, chopped into 3cm pieces
2 tbsp water
2 tbsp sugar
75g raspberries

For the raspberries and raspberry syrup
100g raspberries
100-120ml water
3-4 tbsp sugar

For the white chocolate ganache
100g white chocolate, broken into squares (save a few for grating over the top of the fruit)
100ml single cream

You will need a baking sheet lined with baking parchment.

Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 180c /gas mark 4. Beat the egg whites and salt until you get satin peaks. Beat in the sugar a little at a time until the meringue is shiny and stiff. Sprinkle over the cornflour and vinegar and fold in lightly.
2. Mound onto the baking sheet in a round shape. Put in the oven and immediately drop the heat too 150c /gas mark 2. Cook for 1 hour 20 minutes then turn off the oven leaving the pavlova inside to cool completely. (If using an electric oven, Nigella says to open the door. Maybe they take longer to cool down?) When completely cool, put on a pretty plate or cake stand.
3. For the compote, heat the rhubarb, sugar and water in a small saucepan and cook gently for 8-10 minutes until soft but not disintegrating. Leave aside to cool.
4. Repeat a similar process for the raspberry syrup. Heat half of the raspberries, sugar and water in a small pan until the sugar dissolves and the fruit bubbles up. If it turns into jam (very easy with raspberries!) add a little more water until it goes back to a syrup consistency. When happy with the syrupy-ness, strain and set aside.
5. Put aside 3-4 chocolate squares to grate over the finished pavlova. In another pan or a double boiler, melt the cream and white chocolate squares together until smooth. Allow to cool slightly but before it thickens again, spoon liberally over the pavlova shell.
6. Whip the double cream until thickened. Pile the cream on top of the white chocolate and pavlova base. (Nigella talks about inverting the pavlova shell but I didn’t do this.) Then spoon over the rhubarb compote and drizzle with the raspberry syrup. Dot over the rest of the raspberries and finally grate over the remaining squares of white chocolate.

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: blog events, Chocolate, desserts, meringue, Meringues, Raspberries, Rhubarb

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Comments

  1. Rosa says

    March 1, 2011 at 6:58 am

    A divine dessert! I love that combo so much.

    Cheers,

    Rosa

  2. Antonia says

    March 1, 2011 at 9:47 am

    What a stunning pavlova! Like you, I’m not a huge fan of cream but oddly I do enjoy pavlovas and make them quite regularly. But I’ve never made one like this – what delicious flavours. Love the idea of the white chocolate ganache poured over the meringue base.

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      March 2, 2011 at 2:21 pm

      Yes the white chocolate certainly was a worthwhile addition here!

  3. Meeta says

    March 1, 2011 at 10:00 am

    YOu think of PINK when you think of me? Oh I need to wipe that image off your mind LOL! But I am so looking forward to this MM! Thanks for being my hostess!

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      March 2, 2011 at 2:21 pm

      Meeta, it’s an honour and a privilege!

  4. Arthi says

    March 1, 2011 at 10:08 am

    Oh Sarah..ive the same fixation now too…egg whites sold in tetra packs…dont you love them?i mean for the amount of macarons I make I end up with like 100 yolks…what the hell are we supposed to do with them?
    Love yr idea of pavlova and soon will thnk of something 😉

    • Cupcake Affair says

      April 5, 2011 at 10:28 am

      Make lemon curd! Why waste the yolks, lemon curd keeps for ages in the fridge.

  5. Ishay says

    March 1, 2011 at 10:28 am

    Hello! Love the fuschia and that pavlova will make a pink lover out of me too! I have never seen egg whites in tetra packs in these parts. Best I start learning to bake if I want to part take in the challenge!

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      March 2, 2011 at 2:21 pm

      They’re quite new here but a wonderful idea.

  6. nisha says

    March 1, 2011 at 12:07 pm

    now how i wish i was your neighbour..love the idea..hopefully il be able 2 whip up some pink stuff by month end:)

  7. Nimi says

    March 1, 2011 at 1:07 pm

    I love ur click n dessert…its really super yummy.I would love to be a part of the mingle mania 🙂

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      March 2, 2011 at 2:24 pm

      I hope we get to see you later in the month!

  8. Krithi says

    March 1, 2011 at 1:34 pm

    Awesome event.. Will try to send something..

  9. Barbara Bakes says

    March 1, 2011 at 2:05 pm

    That is an impressive dessert. Lucky neighbors!

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      March 2, 2011 at 2:23 pm

      I’m lucky to have such lovely neighbours and it’s fortunate for me they like cake!

  10. pavithra says

    March 1, 2011 at 4:41 pm

    OMG the pavlova is my fav.. with the rhubarb and the white chocolate ganache.. simply fabulous.

  11. Dominic says

    March 1, 2011 at 6:06 pm

    mouth watering!… heavenly pictures… now I just need to go thieving to my neighbours rhubarb patch…. yummy!

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      March 2, 2011 at 2:23 pm

      Thieving?! I couldn’t possibly condone that… now if you’d said “scrumping”…

  12. Jennifurla says

    March 1, 2011 at 8:45 pm

    Ummm..this is a stunning dessert. My girlfriends would go wild.

    PS – Samoa cookies are sold by the Girl Scouts. They also go by the name Carmel Delights. They are a chocolate, carmel, coconut cookie.

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      March 2, 2011 at 2:22 pm

      They sound great! I want some!

  13. Magpie says

    March 2, 2011 at 1:33 am

    Fuschia is one of my favourite colours too!

  14. amish bed frame says

    March 2, 2011 at 9:57 am

    This is so beautiful! I am now promising to myself to make one this weekend. I can’t wait!

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      March 2, 2011 at 2:22 pm

      Let me know how you get on!

  15. Sanjeeta kk says

    March 2, 2011 at 11:31 am

    The dessert look perfect for a romantic date! Lovely colors, Sarah.

  16. Pudding Pie Lane says

    March 3, 2011 at 3:08 pm

    Oh my, this looks amazing. I’d really like to enter the Think Pink competition, I’m working on a recipe! 🙂

  17. HoniebUK (HonieMummy) says

    March 3, 2011 at 3:13 pm

    I confess, this is the first time I have come across your blog. But, my oh my, what a fabulous introduction. I am subscribed, in awe and positively salivating on my knees. I love pink, I love rasberries and I LOVE pavlova! The photos are fabulous and if you think I am giving up my limited and well earned spare time this weekend to attempt to re-create this masterpiece – you would be so right!

    I hope I get time to ‘mingle’ and submit an entry also.

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      March 3, 2011 at 8:59 pm

      What a lovely thing to say! Thank you! I hope your pavlova comes out mighty fine!

  18. TipsNDeals says

    March 4, 2011 at 10:32 pm

    very imperresive and look delicious!! Nice event and I love pink color.
    will sure send some.

  19. PJ says

    March 8, 2011 at 1:51 pm

    Hi Sarah, first time to your blog.Loved the pavlova.Awesome clicks..Mailed u my entry for the event.Hope u got it…

  20. Simone says

    March 9, 2011 at 10:38 pm

    What a lovely looking pavlova! Hmm, gotta come up with something for the Monthly Mingle now!

  21. Sally - My Custard Pie says

    March 13, 2011 at 5:09 pm

    Thinking pink, deeply pink – thanks for the inspiration Sarah. I’d better get on with it!

  22. Foodfreak says

    March 19, 2011 at 6:06 pm

    Wow, gorgeous pics!

    One suggestion: maybe you could provide readers and bloggers with the html banner code for the pic/event, backlinking to this article? It would make things a lot easier (and you could include the deadlne in the description).

  23. Jamie says

    March 23, 2011 at 5:59 pm

    Mmmm pink and decadent! I love pavlova and I love this fabulous dessert you’ve created with all the layers of flavors and textures. The light meringue and the fruit always seem to balance out the creams and sauces, making me feel just a tad less guilty about it all. And the colors are absolutely stunning!!!

    Am about to post my Think Pink post!

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      March 23, 2011 at 7:20 pm

      Brilliant! I keep meaning to catch up with you – glad to see you’re all right! Xx

  24. Sravani says

    March 24, 2011 at 12:51 am

    Hi Sarah, First time here… Superb pavlova !!! and Wonderful clicks !! Loved them !! Sent u my entry !! Happy to follow u !!

  25. Soma says

    March 24, 2011 at 3:18 pm

    Hi Sarah, glad to to have found your blog! What a delicious dessert!!

    Just mailed you in my entry for the Mingle.

  26. Reshmi Mahesh says

    March 24, 2011 at 8:42 pm

    Hai…great event…and yummy recipe…First time at your space…its beautiful…Following it…

  27. Priya says

    March 25, 2011 at 7:34 am

    Hi.

    Lovely blog & recipes. Ive just started blogging and would like to contribute to this event. Thanks, Priya.

  28. Sally - My Custard Pie says

    March 27, 2011 at 12:26 pm

    Think pink, made, posted and submitted. Admit to involving a younger member of my family who is very keen on sweet pink things.

  29. Ruchi says

    March 28, 2011 at 8:13 pm

    Sent a Think Pink entry! A very simple recipe… not as elaborate and wonderful and gorgeous as yours 🙂 – but really wanted to participate in the Mingle!

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