LOW-FAT CHRISTMAS PAVLOVA
LOW-FAT CHRISTMAS PAVLOVA
LOW-FAT CHRISTMAS PAVLOVA

Ingredients
  • 5 medium free-range egg whites
  • 150g/5½oz caster sugar
  • 250g/9oz low-fat natural yoghurt
  • 1 orange
  • finely grated zest and 1 tbsp juice
  • drop of almond extract
  • pinch cinnamon
  • 200g/7oz raspberries
  • 50g/1¾oz flaked almonds
  • toasted
  • 1 square of dark chocolate
Directions
  • Preheat the oven to 120C/100C Fan/Gas ½. Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
  • Whisk the egg whites in a clean glass bowl until soft peaks form. Add the sugar a teaspoon at a time and continue to whisk until you have stiff peaks and the meringue looks glossy.
  • Arrange 8 large spoonfuls of the mixture in a circle on the prepared tray in a ring to form a wreath. Bake for 30 minutes
  • then reduce the oven to 110C/90C Fan/Gas ¼ and bake for another 1½ hours.
  • Turn off the oven
  • leave the door ajar and leave until the meringues are cold.
  • Just before serving
  • make the topping. Mix together the yoghurt
  • orange zest and juice
  • almond extract and cinnamon.
  • Top the meringue with the yoghurt mixture and then scatter over the raspberries and almonds. Finely grate over the chocolate and serve.