Chocolate Pavlova with Coffee Cream

Especially for Anna in the July 08 mummies!...as requested...

Chocolate Pavlova with Coffee Cream
by Annabelle Voss (www.taste.co.nz)

Ingredients:
6 Egg whites
1 1/2 cups of caster sugar
2 Tbsp cocoa
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 tsp instant coffee
1 Tbsp hot water
1 cup approx of cream, whipped.
1/2 cup chocolate, grated.

Method:
Preheat the oven to 150 deg C. Line a baking tray with baking paper.

Place the egg whites in a clean, dry bowl and beat with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Add the sugar 1 Tbsp at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat until sugar has dissolved and the mixture is stuff, smooth and glossy. Fold in cocoa and vanilla essence with a metal slotted spoon. Spoon mixture onto prepared tray, into a mound about 20 cm in diameter. Use a spatula to gently smooth sides and top.

Bake for approximately 20 minutes, then reduce the oven temperature to 120 deg C and bake the pavlova for a further 1 hour 20 minutes or until the shell is crisp and pale. Remove from the oven and allow to cool. Carefully place the pavlova on a large serving plate.

In a small bowl mix together the instant coffee and hot water (I don't add the hot water, but just ground the coffee up with the mortar & pestle till it is very fine). Add to the bowl of whipped cream and stir to combine. Spoon the coffee cream mixture on top of the pavlova, then sprinkle generously with grated chocolate (or I have used a crushed up flake bar and a mixture of fresh berries - which is delicious!).
Enjoy.

ooooh shame about DH not liking Pav and Anastasia reacting to the egg whites... perhaps you could just make one for yourself! Am sure DH would like it. It has a lovely chewy inside!

Thank you so much Kimmies, it sounds dangerously divine!! I'll have to think of an excuse to make it now

Edited by anakk