Christmas Paulova with KitchenAid

Beatriz, author of To Be Gourmet , brings us a delicious dessert to make this Christmas the sweetest! This cream and cream cheese pavlova with red berries is a perfect proposal to surprise your loved ones these upcoming holidays.

There is always a before and after in the life of a pastry cook once the KitchenAid is installed in your kitchen. In the masses it is distinguished by far from any other robot, offering unparalleled results, but with meringue it is quite a spectacle!

The best proof of this is the marvelous Paulova cake that we can make. A cake that otherwise can be somewhat complicated, becomes sewing and singing!

A wonderful gift idea this Christmas!

KitchenAid Artisan food processor

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 250g of sugar
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon of lemon
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• 250ml whipping cream
• 50gr of sugar for the cream
• 2 tablespoons cream cheese
• 2 grenades

Preparation

1. In the KitchenAid bowl we put the three egg whites and start beating at number 6. That is, at a somewhat high speed. When the egg whites are already opaque, we begin to add sugar little by little.
2. The process of adding the sugar will last about ten minutes, while we increase the speed to 8.
3. During this shake phase in which the sugar is incorporated is when the cornstarch, lemon and vinegar are added. All this contributes to our meringue being hard enough.
4. On the baking tray we place a parchment paper, and on it we mark the shape and size that we want to give to the Paulova.
5. Preheat the oven to 120º.
6. With the help of a pastry bag or a spatula , place the meringue in circles and in at least two layers so that we create a kind of deep meringue container.
7. We put the meringue in the oven and leave it between an hour and a half or two hours. The fact is that the meringue has to be made on the outside and not so much on the inside.
8. Let this first part of the cake cool.
9. We assemble the cream cheese with the sugar at speed 8 and when it is frothy we add the cream and continue to assemble until it is firm.
10. Place the cream on the baked meringue base and decorate with the pomegranate seeds.
11. More pomegranates can be offered in bowls on the table so that everyone can help themselves to the amount of fruit they want.

paulova christmas

This tart also goes very well with strawberries and red berries. And if we want its appearance to be silkier, we will use caster sugar or icing sugar instead of normal sugar. In return, we won't have those syrup grooves that mark the grains when they dissolve and that, for me, make beautiful shapes.

Beatrice.