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Mixed Summer Fruit Pavlova

July 24, 2016 by rachelle 21 Comments

Mixed Summer Fruit Pavlova

Mixed Summer Fruit Pavlova

You’ve all been there.  Admit it.  You know, when you get a little too excited about all the summer fruit and berries and the farmer’s market and buy waaaaayyyyyy more that you and a family of 45.762 can possibly eat before it turns to a slimy mess in your fridge?  Yep.  I wouldn’t know anything about that.

Mixed Summer Fruit Pavlova

I jest.  Seriously, we went a little crazy between the Costco and the farmer’s market with our ambitions of smoothie making as part of our dreams of weight loss and my pants fitting again.  As a side note to that, I can’t quite recall if I updated you on that front and told you I wore a suit to work last week I hadn’t been able to wear since last year.  That, my friends, is what we call hopeful progress around these parts. Woot!

Mixed Summer Fruit Pavlova

Mixed Summer Fruit Pavlova

Mixed Summer Fruit Pavlova

Any-hoo, I had an abundance of fruit and some leftover egg whites from a different recipe, so I decided a Mixed Summer Fruit Pavlova was on the agenda.  And it has to be healthy and good for me because it has fruit, right?  Thanks for humoring me.  At least it’s high in fiber.

Mixed Summer Fruit Pavlova

I’ve seen some summer fruit dessert pictures floating around the interwebs that look all pretty and fancy pants with fruit I imagine was painstakingly and perfectly arranged in organized patterns of beauty. Well, y’all know that just isn’t the way I roll.  I do not have the time or the patience for such shenanigans.  Don’t judge me.  I just made the meringue, whipped up some heavy cream to slap on top, and piled it high with the surplus of fruit hanging out in my fridge.  I put it in a deep dish pie plate in a rare moment of clarity, knowing that some of the fruit would roll off and would be better captured in the crevice around the edge than landing in an explosion on my hard tile floor.

Mixed Summer Fruit Pavlova

I called that one right.  It happens every now and again.

 

Mixed Summer Fruit Pavlova
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Mixed Summer Fruit Pavlova

Ingredients

For the Meringue

  • 4 egg whites
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon white vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste

For the Topping

  • 2 peaches sliced
  • 2 kiwi peeled and sliced
  • 1 1/2 or so cups mixed berries
  • 1/2 cup fresh cherries pitted

For the Whipped Cream

  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste
  • 1 tablespoon sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 180
  2. Add egg whites to bowl of stand mixer with whisk attachment and whip on high for about 1 minute or until firm
  3. While mixer is still running on high, slowly add sugar and continue whipping for another 2 minutes or until you see shiny peaks
  4. Turn off mixer, sift in cornstarch, and fold in vanilla bean paste and vinegar
  5. Line baking sheet with parchment paper
  6. Turn out mixture onto parchment and spread into an even circular layer 9 - 10 inches wide
  7. Bake for 1 hour 45 minutes, then turn off oven and leave in there for another 1.5 hours, turn over to cool completely on a wire rack
  8. Chill bowl and whisk attachment in freezer for 20 - 30 minutes
  9. Transfer heavy whipping cream, whisk on high, add sugar and vanilla bean paste
  10. Whip until stiff peaks form, 3 minutes or so - careful not to over whip or you will have butter!
  11. Transfer meringue to a platter
  12. Spread whipped cream over the top
  13. Arrange fruit and berries on top

Mixed Summer Fruit Pavlova

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Mixed Berry Pavlova with Blueberry Sauce

April 21, 2016 by rachelle 18 Comments

Mixed Berry Pavlova with Blueberry Sauce

 

Mixed Berry Pavlova with Blueberry Sauce

 

Hi friends!  I know I always say this, but holy cow I’m ready for the weekend!  Woot!  I’ve had a week of first world problems over here.

 

Mixed Berry Pavlova with Blueberry Sauce

 

My website broke over the weekend and I handled that like a two year old throwing tantrums and ended up in the fetal position under my desk sucking my thumb.

 

Mixed Berry Pavlova with Blueberry Sauce

 

There was much nail biting and teeth gnashing to go along with the hysterics.

 

Mixed Berry Pavlova with Blueberry Sauce

 

Chris was impressed.

 

Mixed Berry Pavlova with Blueberry Sauce

 

I mean, really.  Who wouldn’t be?

 

Mixed Berry Pavlova with Blueberry Sauce

 

 

So we got that problem fixed and went to the garden center.  We got almost all of our spring plants and brought them home and planted them in our garden Sunday morning.  That was fun and inspiring.

 

Mixed Berry Pavlova with Blueberry Sauce

 

But seriously, when your website breaks all bets are off!  The rest of Sunday was spent day drinking getting manicures and pedicures with Lisa and friends.  Then dinner out and more booze a lovely dinner of crab legs.

 

Mixed Berry Pavlova with Blueberry Sauce

 

All was well with the world.

 

Mixed Berry Pavlova with Blueberry Sauce

 

Until the dishwasher broke.  I KNOW!  One of the worst first world problems ever!

 

Mixed Berry Pavlova with Blueberry Sauce

 

I’m fairly certain my food blogger friends out there totally get the magnitude of this event.

 

Mixed Berry Pavlova with Blueberry Sauce

 

Or any of my friends who made dinner.  EVER!

 

Mixed Berry Pavlova with Blueberry Sauce

 

So, then exercise gets your endorphins or some other kind of happy business going, right?  It’s supposed to put you in a good mood, right?

 

Mixed Berry Pavlova with Blueberry Sauce

 

Ummmm, could someone please inform the hundreds of creepy inch worms dangling from spider web things in the trees  that I do not like them attacking me while running to get said mood elevated.  It really just freaks me out and is a total buzzkill.

 

Mixed Berry Pavlova with Blueberry Sauce

 

So that was the excitement of my week.  I do not know what in tarnation I have done to deserve this onslaught of broken things and creepy worms, but I certainly hope to improve my karma for next week!

 

Mixed Berry Pavlova with Blueberry Sauce

 

At least it’s spring and that means renewal and hope.  And berries!  Since I don’t have an abundance of luck this week, at least I have an abundance of berries!  Fruit to the rescue!

 

Mixed Berry Pavlova with Blueberry Sauce

 

And meringue!  I have to be honest and keep things real here.  I never thought I liked meringue.  I’m not really sure of the reason.  Maybe because it looks like marshmallow and I don’t love that.  I was totally wrong.  This stuff is delicious.

 

Mixed Berry Pavlova with Blueberry Sauce

 

I was watching Ina on the Food Network make something like this and had a complete compulsion to take my abundance of berries and make this happen.  I’m so glad I did.

 

Mixed Berry Pavlova with Blueberry Sauce

 

I leave you to your upcoming weekend plans with an opportunity to enter to win a $300 Amazon gift card.  This giveaway is open to everyone 18 years or older who is a resident of the United States, Canada, or the United Kingdom.  It’s running until April 28.  Scroll down for your chance to win! Good Luck!!!!

P.S. I hope you have no broken appliances or attacks of the creepy inch worms!

 

Mixed Berry Pavlova with Blueberry Sauce
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Mixed Berry Pavlova with Blueberry Sauce

Ingredients

For the Pavlova

  • 4 large egg whites at room temperature
  • pinch of sea salt
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon white wine vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste
  • 1 cup strawberries hulled and sliced
  • 1 cup blueberries
  • 1 1/2 cup blackberries

For the Whipped Cream

  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste
  • 1 tablespoon sugar

For the Blueberry Sauce

  • 1 cup blueberries
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 2 tablespoons sugar

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 180
  2. Draw a 9 inch circle on parchment paper using a plate as a guide, flip the parchment over to avoid transferring pencil to the meringue
  3. Add egg whites and salt to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment
  4. Beat the egg whites and salt on high for about a minute or until firm
  5. Slowly add the sugar and continue beating on high for another couple of minutes or until you see stiff shiny peaks
  6. Sift cornstarch into egg whites, add vanilla bean paste and vinegar and fold into egg whites
  7. Turn meringue out onto the parchment paper circle and smooth to edges of the circle and make even thickness as possible
  8. Bake 1 1/2 hours
  9. Turn off oven and allow to cool for another hour or so with the door closed
  10. Invert meringue onto a plate or cake stand

For the Whipped Cream

  1. Chill whisk and bowl of stand mixer in freeze for 20-30 minutes
  2. Make sure the cream is chilled, add to bowl of stand mixer with vanilla bean paste and sugar, attach whisk and whip until soft peaks form - about 3 minutes

For the Blueberry Sauce

  1. Add blueberries, sugar, water to a small sauce pan, bring to a boil and simmer until thickens
  2. Set aside to cool
  3. Transfer to food processor or blender and puree until smooth

Assembly

  1. Spread whipped cream over the top center of the meringue leaving a 1 inch boarder around the edges
  2. Set blackberries around the edges and fill the middle with remaining blackberries, strawberries, and blueberries
  3. Top with blueberry sauce

Adapted from Ina

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Mixed Berry Pavlova with Blueberry Sauce

Filed Under: Archives Tagged With: berries, blackberries, blueberries, dessert, meringue, pavlova, strawberries, whipped cream

Cranberry and Blueberry Galette

February 25, 2016 by rachelle 32 Comments

Cranberry Blueberry Galette

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Hi, y’all!  How’s your week going?  I don’t know about you, but I’ve got a severe case of the winter blues and need some kind of sunshine happening over here!  So I baked you a pie!

 

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Ok!  Ok!  I cheated and baked you a fake pie.  Well, what I baked isn’t fake.  I baked something that’s real.  It’s just not really a pie.  It’s an easy free-form pie otherwise known as a galette.    You can call it a tart if that blows your dress up.  This is a judgment free zone.

 

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I’m just so happy looking at all these bright and cheery berries!  I don’t know what it’s like where you are, but here it’s been either dark, gloomy, rainy, and humid or dark, gloomy, rainy, and cold.  Oh! And don’t forget windy.  I’m not joking when I say the wind has been so crazy there are trees and power lines falling all over the place!  Whaaaat?   So, I’m totally ready for some warm weather and sunshine!  Who’s with me?!

 

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Fortunately, spring is right around the corner and so is my birthday! Woot!  It sure will be great to turn 29 again. 😉

 

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What are you laughing at? 🙂

Have a fantastic weekend, friends!

 

 

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Cranberry and Blueberry Galette

Filed Under: Archives Tagged With: berries, blueberry, cranberry, dessert, galette, pie

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