Recipe by Anna Montali Photography by Graeme Borchers If you liked this recipe, then you will definitely also enjoy these coffee and/or chocolate cake recipes: Coffee, dark chocolate and hazelnut meringue layer cake Mini chocolate sponges with coffee meringue icing
TO DRINK: Buitenverwachting Natural Sweet Muscat de Frontignan 2007, with notes of apricot, orange peel and rose.
Pavlova is an elegant dessert named for the ballerina Anna Pavlova, with the meringue base meant to resemble a tutu. You can top the Pavlova with a variety of things, including caramel, ice cream, bananas, fruit compote and chocolate curls, but this elegant dessert is perfect to showcase fresh and juicy summer fruits
Although the ingredients on their own – thyme,origanum and sesame – are well known, their combination in a mixture called za’atar is rather unusual. Za’atar is more of a herb than a spice blend and typically comprises a combination of sesame seeds, dried thyme, origanum, sumac and a little salt