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Australia’s most celebrated dessert — a towering meringue shell with a crisp exterior and a soft, marshmallow interior, piled high with whipped cream and topped with fresh passionfruit, kiwifruit, strawberries, and mango. Named after Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova, who toured Australia in the 1920s, the pavlova is the centrepiece of every Christmas table and summer celebration. Australians and New Zealanders maintain a fierce, good-humoured dispute over who invented it — the truth remains deliciously unresolved.