Pavlova

A few weeks ago I was having some friends over for a 'pop-up BBQ'. As it was going to be a lovely day I thought that a pavlova would be a nice and light dessert. As I had never cooked a pavlova before, I decided to google and find a recipe that looked easy. Of course I ended up on the Donna Hay website and made her version of a pavlova. I am not usually a fan of pavlova and a few of my guests said the same but we all loved this recipe.

https://www.donnahay.com.au/recipes/recipe-entertaining/pavlova

Ingredients

• 4 eggwhites
• 1 cup (220g) caster (superfine) sugar
• 3 teaspoons cornflour (cornstarch)
• 1 teaspoon white vinegar
• whipped cream and fresh fruit, to serve

Method

 

Preheat oven to 150°C (300°F).

Place the eggwhites in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until soft peaks form. Gradually add the sugar, beating well until the mixture is glossy.

Sift the cornflour over, add the vinegar and fold through.

Pile into an 18cm-round on a baking tray lined with non-stick baking paper.

Place in the oven, reduce the heat to 120°C (250°F) and cook for 1 hour.

Turn the oven off and allow the meringue to cool in the oven.

To serve, top with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

 

HINT: The recipe mentions 18cm round, to achieve this I turned the baking paper over and drew around a plate so that I can see the marking on the opposite side and it is a circle.
 

 

 

Easy fudge

Over Easter I tried this easy fudge recipe which mum emailed to me from what I can see was a website called kidspot.com.au.

Extremely easy to make and everyone loved it!!

Ingredients

125g butter, chopped
395g (can) Sweetened Condensed Milk
2 tbsp golden syrup
1 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white chocolate melts

Method

1. Grease and line a 7cm x 25cm bar tin.
2. Melt butter in a medium saucepan.
3. Add the sweetened condensed milk, golden syrup and brown sugar.
4. Stir over low heat until boiling then summer for 10 minutes, stirring constantly (I found it took quite some time before it boiled).
5. Remove from the heat, stir in white chocolate melts.
6. Mix until smooth.
7. Pour into prepared tin, cool in fridge until firm (about 2 hours)
8. Curt into slices or squares.
9. I melted some chocolate and drizzled over the top. 

I am thinking of giving the recipe a go with coffee. Perhaps putting instant coffee in with the melted butter before the rest of the ingredients.

Picture below also includes Mars Bar slice. I will upload the recipe for that one soon.