PASSION FRUIT AND COCONUT MERINGUE ROULADE

Passion Fruit and Coconut Meringue Roulade image

Provided by Zurie

Categories Dessert

Time 55m

Yield 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 cup desiccated coconut, unsweetened if possible
4 large egg whites
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 cup superfine sugar (caster sugar)
1 cup confectioners' sugar (icing sugar)
1 cup cream, for whipping
4 teaspoons superfine sugar (caster)
1 teaspoon vanilla
7 ounces passion fruit pulp (usually 2 small tins)
2 tablespoons superfine sugar (caster)
2 teaspoons cornflour

Steps:

Oven: 180 deg Celsius.
Line a swiss roll baking tin with baking paper, grease lightly with butter, and sprinkle the dessicated coconut evenly all over this lined surface.
Beat egg whites until fairly stiff, and add cream of tartar in the process.
Slowly beat in the two types of sugar, and keep beating until the meringue is really stiff and glossy.
Spread this meringue carefully over the coconut on the baking tin. It's easiest to drop it in little heaps and then join them together with a spatula or knife, and smooth out evenly.
Bake 20 - 25 minutes. Cool slightly in tin, then roll up like a swiss roll. Keep like this until completely cooled.
For the filling, beat cream until almost stiff, then beat in sugar and vanilla.
Carefully open the roulade, spread on the cream filling, and roll it up again.
Heat the passion fruit pulp with the 2 tablespoons caster sugar to nearly simmering point.
Mix the cornflour to a paste with a little water, stir into the hot passion fruit pulp, and simmer, stirring, until thickened. Remove from heat.
When completely cooled, spread this topping over the roulade.
Slice to serve.