Ingredients
8 egg whites
Pinch of salt
500g caster sugar
1 tablespoon cornflour
2 teaspoons vinegar

Cream
Fruit– we like passionfruits, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, banana – any combinations! (strawberry and passionfruit is particularly good).

Method
Preheat oven to gas mark 4/180.
Line a baking tray with baking paper. Draw round a dinner plate (roughly 20cm) to mark a circle in the middle.
Beat egg whites and salt together until the mixture forms peaks.
Beat in the sugar a spoonful at a time until the meringue is stiff and shiny.
Sprinkle over the cornflour and vinegar and fold in lightly.
Spoon the mixture onto the baking tray within the circle, flatten the top and smooth the sides.
Put in the oven and immediately reduce the heat to gas mark 2/150.
Cook for 1 3/4 hours.
Turn off oven and leave the pavlova in there to cool completely - if you have an electric oven open the door to leave it to cool.

Whip the cream and top the pavlova with cream and the fruit.