Ingredients

4 egg whites
225 g (8 oz) caster sugar
1 x 170 g Tube Carnation Condensed Milk
1 x 286 ml carton whipping cream
Juice of ½ lemon 
6 passion fruit 
200 g (7 oz) pineapple, cut into small chunks

Preheat oven to 150C, 300F or gas mark 2 and line 2 baking sheets with baking paper. Whisk egg whites until stiff. Gradually beat in sugar until mix is glossy. Place 1 heaped tbsp of mix onto a baking sheet and mould into a nest shape. Repeat with remaining mix. Place in oven and immediately reduce temperature to 140C, 275F or gas mark 1. Bake for 30 minutes then turn off heat, leaving meringues in oven for a further 4 hours, or overnight. Whip condensed milk with cream until thick then stir in lemon juice. Divide cream mix between meringues. Scoop seeds and flesh from passion fruit and mix with pineapple. Top nests with fruit. 

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