The typical dessert in Sweden during summer and especially midsummer is the Swedish strawberry cream cake (jordgubbstårta). Since I am not a big fan of whipped cream but I still wanted to make a strawberry cake for midsummer I came up with this simplified version of a pavlova with lemon curd and strawberries. A bonus is that this cake is gluten free! If you do like whipped cream you could add a layer between the lemon curd and the strawberries and make it more like a regular pavlova.
Here you can find this recipe in Swedish.
Midsummer pavlova with lemon curd and strawberries
Ingredients
Meringue
- 3 egg whites
- 200 g sugar
- 2 tsp corn starch
- 1 tsp white distilled vinegar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Lemon curd
- 1½ lemons
- 200 g sugar
- 75 g butter
- 3 eggs
Topping
- lemon curd
- 500 g strawberries
- powdered sugar
- whipped cream optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 150°C (300°F)
Meringue bottom
- Separate the egg whites to a bowl and whisk with a hand mixer until it is so stiff that nothing will fall out if you turn the bowl upside down
- Add the sugar and whisk until batter is glossy and you can form peaks
- Add corn starch and vinegar and whisk it together
- Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper and place the batter in the middle
- Use a spatula to form a round disc the size of a big plate (your serving plate). Make the sides slightly higher than the center
- Bake in the oven for 1 hour, then turn it off and prop door open slightly with a wooden spoon and let it cool slowly (preferably over night)
- PS: it will probably crack but it will taste just as good anyway 🙂
Lemon curd
- Bring water to a simmer in a big pot (need to fit a smaller pot in it)
- Lightly whisk the eggs in a small pot
- Wash the lemons and zest them over the small pot
- Add the lemon juice and sugar
- Soften the butter before adding it to the pot. Whisk it all together before lower the small pot into the hot water of the big pot
- Let it simmer until the lemon curd has thickened, the nremove from heat and let it cool down
Assembly
- Place the meringue bottom on the serving platter
- Add the lemon curd as a layer on top
- If you want whipped cream on it then add it now
- Add the strawberries and finish with some powdered sugar
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
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