Meringue nest with rhubarb cream filling, garnished with crushed pistachios, rhubarb & figs

Who doesn’t like a good old meringue nest?! Specially if it’s loaded with some sweet goodies huh…

🧁🍒🍑🍭- Meringue nest with rhubarb cream, garnished with rhubarb , crushed pistachios & figs 🍇🍉🍪🍧

Recipe for the Meringue/Pavlova :-

• 4 egg whites
• 225g caster sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoon cornflour
• 1 1/2 teaspoon white wine vinegar

Method :-

• Preheat the oven to 160c/fan. Lay a sheet of non-stick baking paper on tray, leave for later. Whisk the egg whites until stiff, then add the sugar, small amount at time, whisking at full speed. Blend the cornflour and white wine vinegar together, and wish into meringue. Spread the meringue as you wish on the baking tray. Place in the preheated oven and reduce the temperature to 150c. Bake for 1- 1 1/4 hours until firm to touch and meringue starts to brown a little, let it cool completely.

For the rhubarb cream filling :-

Ingredients:-

• rhubarb ( as much as you want)
• 1 cup sugar
• Big squeeze of lemon
• Splash of vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 cup mascarpone
• Chopped unsalted pistachios

Method :-

In a small saucepan, simmer the rhubarb, sugar, lemon zest and lemon juice over moderate heat, stirring and mashing the rhubarb with the back of a wooden spoon, until the sugar is dissolved and the rhubarb breaks down. Remove the saucepan from the heat and rstir in the vanilla extract . Let cool completely.