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Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
Distribution: world
From: Julie Falkner <jfalkner@watfun.waterloo.edu>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 91 20:18:48 -0500
Subject: OVO: Pavlova
Summary: orig. subject: Pavlova
Archive-Name: recipes/ovo/pavlova
Keywords: recipe ovo pavlova
Followup-To: rec.food.veg
Organization: ?
Approved: aem@mthvax.cs.miami.edu
We discussed Pavlova in soc.culture.new-zealand earlier this year. The
following collection of recipes and tips is a summary of that
discussion. If anyone has any further questions,
soc.culture.new-zealand is a good place to ask them (pavlova is our
national dessert!).
*PAVLOVA*
3 egg whites 1 teaspoon vinegar
3 tablespoons cold water 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 cup castor sugar 3 teaspoons cornflour
Beat egg whites until stiff, add cold water and beat again. Add castor
sugar very gradually while still beating. Slow beater and add vinegar,
vanilla and cornflour. Place on greased paper on greased tray and bake
at 150 degrees C (300 degrees F) for 45 minutes, then leave to cool in
the oven.
Notes:
1. Cornflour is called Cornstarch here in Canada
2. I'm told that the eggs should be at room temp.
3. Serve heaped with whipped cream and (of course!!!) kiwifruit.
***
a very important thing to remember when cooking pavlova is that it is,
basically, an enourmous meringue and, as such, must go straight into
the oven as soon as it is mixed, otherwise you lose all the air from
the mixture and you get an inedible (?) mess.
===
Pavlova
4 large egg whites
pinch of salt
1 cup castor sugar
1 1/2 tsp cornflour (cornstarch to you 'mercins)
1 tsp white or malt vinegar
1 tsp vanilla
Beat egg whites and salt until mixture is stiff and glossy, (peaks of
the mixture should stand up by themselves) then gradually add the
sugar,beating well between each addition to dissolve sugar.Beat until
thick. Last of all,quickly beat in cornflour,vinegar and vanilla.
Cover a baking tray with greased paper or baking paper,pile pavlova mixture
in centre of tray,spreading out slightly.
Bake at 120 C (250 F) for 1 hour.Turn off oven and leave Pavlova in oven for
another hour.Do not open oven during cooking or cooling period.
When Pavlova is cold,peel off paper and transfer to serving plate.Spread
Pavlova withwhipped cream and fruit,Cream can be flavoured with liquer.
For a successful Pavlova.
Use eggs that are 2-3 days old.Fresh eggs will not beat up to the same volume.
When seperating the eggs,make sure that no traces of yolk are left in the
whites,they will not beat up well if yolk remains.
Make sure that bowls,beaters and utensils are free of grease,again whites will
not beat up properly if articles are greasy.
Have all ingredients ready before you start beating whites,beaten egg whites
left standing will become thin and watery.
Let whites reach room temperature before you start beating them,that way you
will get a better volume.
It's important that egg whites are very stiff before you add sugar.
Make sure you beat the sugar in,till it's all dissolved,otherwise pavlova will
'weep'.To test if sugar is dissoved,rub a little of the mixture between your
thumb and finger,it will feel 'grainy' if the sugar is not dissolved.
After the last addition of sugar,do not beat it too much,as at that stage it
may result in 'overbeating' and a reduced volume.
Sounds awfully complicated??
It's not and the results are well worth it... :-)
Enjoy..
===
> *PAVLOVA*
4 egg whites 1 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon cold water 3 teaspoons cornflour
8 tablespoons castor sugar
i teaspoon vinegar
Beat egg whites until stiff and then a little while longer. Add castor
sugar (4 tablespoons only at this time) gradually whilst beating. Slow
the electric beater and trickle in the vinegar, vanilla and cornflour and
the remaining 4 tablespoons castor sugar.
Place on lightly greased oven paper or tray. Using spatula, heap into a
cake like shape. Place it in a pre-heated oven 180C. Turn oven off and
let it sit in oven until cool. (this may take an hour)
Garnish as described before, lots of whipped cream and kiwifruit,
strawberries, peach sliced, whatever.
***
For our US readers castor sugar is a fine grade of white sugar, - finer
than ordinary (regular) sugar, but much corser than powered sugar.
***
Actually the regular US sugar is finer than the regular NZ sugar. Both
I and my sister-in-law have made acceptable pavs using regular US sugar
(My sister-in-law's was MUCH more acceptable than mine!).
***
Yes,you can use regular sugar,it's just that the finer sugar dissolves just
that little more easily.
That way you don't get that gooey mess weeping out of your Pav.
***
Castor sugar is a slightly finer sugar than regular white sugar but not
as fine as icing or powdered. You can make your own if you have a
blender. Put a cup (or so) in a blender and turn it on high for about
30 seconds. Sift it if you want perfection otherwise use as is.
***
The Australian womens weekly cookbook suggests that you make sure
the sugar is very thoroughly dissolved in the egg (which should be soft
peaks before adding sugar). The mixture should be handled very quickly
after the sugar is in, to prevent the eggs collapsing at all. Dont open
the oven till done (cold). Use a very flat blade to remove it from paper,
or leave paper on, to avoid it breaking.
I've seen recipes which use only egg,sugar and vinegar, so theres a
fair bit of variation. Some pavs are just like giant hard meringues,
but they're not so very traditional. The traditional one has a big soft
centre. Some people use rings (no base) to cook them in to get the
height. Anyway, it shouldn't be runny and chewy. That probably means
the sugar wasn't completely dissolved.