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Pavlova

Christmas Wreath Pavlova

December 24, 2018 by Sophia 40 Comments

Christmas pavlova

Pavlovas are the best dessert in my opinion! Christmas wreath pavlovas take it one step further, but anything for Christmas is better, am I right or am I right? This one is way bigger than my normal pavlova with 9 egg whites used rather than the normal 4, but you don’t see me complaining. Bigger is always better. I love to cover my pavlovas in fresh fruit but if you want something a little different try my Coffee Pavlova or you can try my Chocolate Pavlova , both are amazing but its Christmas so make the wreath.

Pavlova Wreath

This Pavlova wasn’t actually going to be a pavlova, but I had a massive fail in the kitchen and ended up making scrambled eggs out of my custard that was meant for a tart. So I had all these egg whites left over, what’s a girl to do but make a Pavlova?! When life doesn’t turn out how you imagined there is always something else you can try. I went back to my tried and true the classic pavlova. Sometimes you feel like you are no good at anything, for me even baking, thats when you need to step up and keep going forward and continue to do what you love even when it doesn’t turn out and you fail miserably.

  • Bowl of berries
  • Chopping Berries
  • berry Pavlova for Christmas
Pavlova

I hope you all have an very Happy Christmas and a great holiday spent with family and friends, with fair too much food. I wish you joy and success in the New Year and hope its all you can imagine, plus more.

pavlova with berries

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Poached Pears with Caramel Sauce

February 14, 2016 by Sophia 17 Comments

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Happy Valentines day to all my dear readers. I hope your being showered with love from your loved ones or your showering yourself with love. To shower ones self in love you need to make this. I give you full permission to consume the entire thing by yourself if you so choose….

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Coffee Pavlova

October 29, 2014 by Sophia 23 Comments

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If you follow me on facebook you would know that a couple of weekends ago I went to Tasmania, what a beautiful part of the world it is. If you have never been I think you should stop what your doing and run and jump on a plane and head down there, or up depending on what part of the world you are in. The people there a so lovely the pace of life is slower and you will settle in like your home. I went there with a friend I have know since I was about 11, it doesn’t matter where we live or what part of the world we are in, when we get together its like we have never been a part, thats what you call a true friend. Years and time can pass and your friendship remains. I am very lucky as I have moved around a fair bit I have a number of these types of friends and I treasure there friendship and always will….

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Chocolate Pavlova

July 17, 2013 by Sophia 19 Comments

So I made Julie and Julia’s chocolate pie in the last post with 3 egg yolks and I had the whites remaining. So naturally I had to find a way to use them up, and really what on this earth could be more delightful than a pavlova? Nothing, nothing at all, well I thought maybe chocolate pavlova but I’m a traditionalist at heart and do prefer a plain pavlova, I know!! How can that be being the chocoholic that I am, but come on who messes with a good pavlova? Me, I do, but I wish I hadn’t. Its good don’t get me wrong but it’s not like Mum’s pavlova, which you can find here.

Anyway my great scheme to uses up the egg whites resulted in me having too use more eggs thereby having left over yolks again, but don’t worry I solved this by making some ice cream. Waste not.

 
Chocolate Pavlova
 
6 egg whites
2 cups sugar
1 tablespoon vinegar
2 teaspoons vanilla essence
2 teaspoons cornflour
1/4 cup cocoa powder
 
Pre heat the oven to 180C
Place the egg whites in a clean dry bowl. With an electric beater whisk until the eggs form peaks, then slowly pour the sugar in, while still whisking. Sift in the cornflour and cocoa powder and pour in the vinegar and vanilla and fold through.
Draw a 20cm circle on three pieces of baking paper and place on baking trays. I do this so they all end up about the same size. I also put a little blob of the meringue on the down side of each corner of the baking paper so it doesn’t move. Place the pavlova’s in the oven and turn down the temperature to 100C. Bake for 1 hour then turn off the oven and leave the pav in the oven until cooled.
 
I have decorated the pavlovas with whipped cream, pomegranate and black berries from a tin. I also reduced the juice from the berry’s with about 3/4 of a cup of sugar then swirled it on top.

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