Alexina Anatole Individual Negroni Pavlova | Christmas Dessert

Ingredients

• 5 (about 130g/4½oz) fresh egg whites
• 240g (8½oz/scant 2½ cups) icing (confectioners’) sugar
• 1 tsp lemon juice (or a mild vinegar, such as apple cider vinegar)
• zest of ½ grapefruit
• 100g (3½oz/½ cup) sugar
• 100ml (3½ fl oz/scant ½cup) water
• 1 star anise
• ½ tsp coriander seeds, toasted and lightly crushed
• 150ml (5fl oz/scant ⅔ cup) fresh grapefruit juice
• 25ml (1fl oz/1 tbsp plus 2 tsp) fresh lemon juice
• 50ml (2fl oz/3 tbsp plus 1 tsp) Campari
• 2 tbsp icing (confectioners’) sugar
• pinch of fine sea salt
• 600ml (1 pint/2½ cups) double (heavy) cream
• 100ml (3½ fl oz/scant ½ cup) sour cream
• 4 tbsp gin (I like a London Dry Gin e.g., Tanqueray)
• 3 grapefruits, peeled, segmented and drained
• 3 amaretti biscuits (optional)