Like many in the industry, Gilmore had long believed the pavlova to be an Australian creation, only recently discovering New Zealand also makes the same claim. So, when I put my Sydney Opera House-shaped version on the menu at Bennelong, passionfruit was the obvious choice for me to feature.” “I think of the Australian variety having tropical fruit, like passionfruit and mangoes.

“When I was growing up in the 1970s, I remember my mum would make a pavlova and take it to friends’ houses and parties,” said Australian chef Peter Gilmore, who is known for his meringue-based Snow Egg dessert, which found fame in the 2010 series of MasterChef Australia.