Ingredients
Equipment
Method
Baking Meringue
- Preheat the oven to 100°C fan-forced (120°C conventional). Grease two large oven trays. On two baking paper sheets, mark four 4.5cm circles spaced apart. Place the sheets marked side down on the trays.
- Beat the egg whites until soft peaks form. Gradually add caster sugar one tablespoon at a time, beating well after each addition until fully dissolved. Add vinegar and cornflour, then beat until glossy and well combined.
- Spoon a quarter of the mixture into a piping bag fitted with a 1cm plain nozzle. Pipe small mounds of meringue onto the prepared baking paper, using the circles as guides. Fill another piping bag fitted with a 0.5cm fluted nozzle with the remaining meringue and pipe three rows of small vertical layers around each mound to create the shape of a Christmas tree.
- Bake the meringue trees for 50 minutes to 1 hour until the edges are crisp but not colored. Switch off the oven and leave the meringues inside to cool with the door slightly ajar.
Assembling the Trees
- Pulse the pistachios in a food processor until finely crumbed.
- Beat the thickened cream with icing sugar and rosewater until just firm peaks form. Transfer a quarter of the cream to a piping bag fitted with a small plain nozzle and pipe small rounds onto the meringue trees to help the silver cachous stick.
- Decorate with silver cachous, raspberries, and freeze-dried raspberry powder. Sprinkle pistachio crumbs over the top and serve alongside fresh strawberries and the remaining whipped cream.
Nutrition
Notes
For a twist on the toppings, consider swapping strawberries for blueberries or drizzling melted chocolate over the mini pavlovas.
