Serves 10 • Preparation: 25 minutes • Cooking time: 1 hour and 15 minutes, plus cooling time
• 4 extra-large egg whites
• a pinch of cream of tartar
• a pinch of salt
• 325ml castor sugar
• 7.5ml lemon juice
• 10ml cornflour
• 2.5ml vanilla essence
FILLING
• 500ml thick vanilla custard
• 4 kiwi fruit, peeled and thinly sliced
• 6 strawberries, sliced
• fresh mint, coconut shavings, silver balls and icing sugar, to garnish
Preheat the oven to 160°C. With a pencil, draw the outline of a Christmas tree on an A4 sheet of paper and place it under a sheet of baking paper on a