{"id":189,"date":"2012-07-05T18:42:34","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T08:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/?p=189"},"modified":"2012-07-05T18:44:44","modified_gmt":"2012-07-05T08:44:44","slug":"can-we-make-pavlova-as-you-wish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/?p=189","title":{"rendered":"Can we make Pavlova?…as you wish."},"content":{"rendered":"
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For someone who lives in a country where pavlova is queen of desserts, I haven’t made it from scratch often. One of the first times I made a pav I forgot about it after leaving it to cool in the oven. The next day I noticed a trail of ants winding it’s way out of the oven to the window sill… I opened the oven and a sad, crumpled mess of a shell lay before me.
\nThe chance and the challenge to try my hand yet again at pav from scratch came when a friend asked me if I could teach her how to make this divine crunch encrusted cloud of sweetness.
\nI had to come clean. I am no expert.<\/p>\n

Finally the day of reckoning occurred and newly named Pavlova Princess came over for a pav bake off and the excuse to watch The Princess Bride.
\nThe room temperature egg whites in a scrupulously clean and grease free bowl were beaten to glossy stiff peaked perfection (with all the other ingredients) by Pavlova Princess and then piled into a 2cm high disc shape on a baking paper lined tray. We shaped it this way to get a bit of height to the pav, and I’m glad we did as it sank a bit on cooling.
\nWe prepared a second pav, using vanilla extract as well. This was shaped as a flatter round, just to experiment with outcome.<\/p>\n

Cooked and almost cooled by the time Princess Bride had been enjoyed by all.
\nNow, I don’t know how all the pavlovas I see in photos have white crusts\u2013mine have always come out a light caramel colour. Same for this time, 2 caramel crunchy crusted pillows… All in all, very happy with results thus far.<\/p>\n

Pavlova Princess crowned the pavs with luscious Chantilly cream and jewels of \"2<\/a>passionfruit, strawberries, kiwi fruit and Silvan berries (a type of blackberry).
\nThe sterling result was eaten most gratefully by Pavlova Princess’s family and mine, after a meal shared together. (Yes, we ate nearly 2 pavlovas!)<\/p>\n

The recipe I chose to use was Donna Hay’s Pavlova as below:
\nIng:
\n4 egg whites
\n1 cup caster sugar
\n3 tsp cornflour
\n1 tsp white vinegar<\/p>\n

Method:
\nSet oven to 150 degrees Celsius.
\nBeat egg whites until soft peaks.
\nGradually beat in sugar until mixture is glossy. Fold in corn flour. Fold in vinegar.
\nPile onto 18cm round baking paper on baking tray.
\nPlace in oven,reduce temp. to 120 degrees Celsius.
\nCook\u00a0 for 1 hour.
\nCool in oven.<\/p>\n

Top with whipped cream and what ever you want really.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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