Orange, Cranberry, and Mint Pavlova with Whipped Cream

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2018, America's Test Kitchen TV

Pavlova is a drop-dead gorgeous dessert of marshmallowy, crisp-shelled meringue piled with lightly whipped cream and fresh fruit. Ours is as foolproof as it is beautiful.

SERVES 10

TIME 2 to 2½ hours, plus 2¼ hours cooling and 1 hour standing

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For foolproof pavlova, we switched from the typical French meringue—which requires precise timing when adding the sugar to the egg whites—to a Swiss meringue, which is made by dissolving the sugar in the egg whites as they are heated over a...

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