In the Cauldron

Edition #08

By: Zyan Bramen
Hello and Welcome to the revived series of 'In the Cauldron' our recipe blog where we create and share Harry Potter/IG seasonal baked goods for you try out.

In celebration of all this hot weather some of us are having, we are taking a more summery food approach this time!

And what says summer more then fresh fruit and cream. So we are going to be making a Pavlova, which is a very delish and light meringue dish. Now we know meringue can be notriously difficult to make, so if you find yourself stuck we promise not to tell if you make a quick trip to the shops xD

Now what are you waiting for, time to go preheat that oven to 150˚C (or not if you're anything like me) and get baking.

The Meringue

Ingredients:
6 egg whites
Pinch of salt
2 cups Caster sugar
1½ tsp vinegar
1½ tsp vanilla essence
1½ tsp Cornflour

Recipe:

Line a baking tray with baking paper.
Using an electric mixer, or go old school with a whisk, beat the egg whites with the salt until stiff.
Slowly add the sugar while beating.
Keep beating for 5 minutes to dissolve the sugar.
Slow the beater speed and add the vinegar, vanilla and cornflour.
Pile the meringue onto your baking paper and use a spatula to spread it out in a rough circle shape, keeping it as even as possible.
Bake for 45 minutes, then leave to cool in the oven overnight.

The Toppings

Ingredients:
Plenty of whipped cream and fresh fruit (whatever is in season)

Recipe:

Pile the whipped cream and your finely cut fresh fruit on top of the Pavlova. Enjoy fresh and idealy while sitting in the sun!

Allergy Edition

As a fellow allergy buddy, I of course had to include a quick guide to making the above recipes allergy free! I hope if this is relevant to you, it makes sense and you enjoy it just as much as I did :D

Swaps:

*All dairy products can be swapped with your choice of dairy-free alternatives
*Eggs can be replaced with a combination of chickpeas and coconut cream.
*Cornflour can be replaced with a gluten-free alternative.
*Vanilla is optional and could be removed entirely.

Hopefully by now you have followed our recipe and come up with something delicious, and so we have a small challenge for you! If you have decided to follow our recipe why not take a picture of it and tag us on social media, the top five entries (judged for presentation and taste of course) will recieve a special IG prize to help their characters get baking as well!
And just in case you forgot; our socials are worldofpotterus ~ Instagram and Facebook and worldofpotter.us ~ TikTok.

We hope you enjoyed this recipe as much as we did and if you have a recipe you would like to see featured in our next edition don't hesitate to drop Zyan an owl