Sweet, with a dash of fresh citrus flavor, airy pavlovas are the perfect dessert to welcome summer.
The filling - or topping - of our pavlovas is made with exotic Passion Fruit Frozen Puree, but feel free to give your imagination free rein and use any of the other lush flavors from our incredible Boiron line of French fruit purees - or mix it up and offer a variety.
Pavlovas are a classic European dessert of light and crusty meringue. Named after a Russian ballerina, Anna Pavlova, the dessert is, surprisingly enough, a New Zealand invention (though a hotly contested one) and the New Zealand's National Dessert.
The stiff meringue "pillows" hold up beautifully and provide the perfect centerpiece for the lush passion fruit cream, with a soft center that melts in your mouth at the first bite. The trick to the pavlova is that once it's done baking, it should be left to cool down completely in the oven, to avoid deflating.