Light Brown Pavlova with Poached Pears & Chocolate

Name: Light Brown Pavlova with Poached Pears & Chocolate
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon pink peppercorns (optional; you don’t have to scour the land to find some); 1 cup (125 g) confectioners’ sugar; 1 (750-ml) bottle moscato d’Asti or another light dessert wine; ⅔ cup (150 g) firmly packed dark brown sugar; ½ cup (100 g) raw cane sugar; 1½ pounds (700 g) small pears such as St. Remys or Gieser Wildemans; 3 star anise; 5 egg whites; 8 cardamom pods; 1 tablespoon cornstarch; A pinch of sea salt; 1 tablespoon vinegar

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Home Made Christmas

By Yvette van Boven

Published 2018

About

Ingredients

For the Pavlova

5 egg whites
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon

Oceania
New Zealand
Australia
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Really everybody likes pavlova, which makes it an excellent dessert for your Christmas dinner. Just do not open the oven while baking. Peek through the window instead. Also, a pavlova will crack—they are supposed to look that way, so basically they can’t fail. You can make this a day in advance. If you do, don’t store it in the fridge but leave it in the oven until serving. Foam doesn’t like co