
My first blog… What should I write about, well after a week of long days and not so much sleep I knew that it should be something I really like and you could wake me up for in the middle of the night. Pavlova!! I had pavlova three times this week and every time I wanted more and more and more.
“What I do is, leave a bit of it in the bowl and eat it with my fingers”
Pavlova is a meringue based dessert named after a Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova. This dessert is so nice and tasteful that a lot of people claim to be the first having invented this dessert. I can’t tell you where it’s from but what I can tell you is that when you have tried it once you will fall in love directly.
Pavlova is made of beaten egg whites and sugar, after the eggs are beaten it goes into the oven where it takes more than one hour. When it comes out of the oven the pavlova has a crispy and crunchy shell but is still moist and soft on the inside. The preparation process is almost similar to meringue, the difference with pavlova is the inside were meringue is solid throughout.
I must confess that when finished beating the fresh egg whites with sugar not all of it goes into the oven. What I do is, leave a bit of it in the bowl and eat it with my fingers, that is so yummy.
When I make pavlova (wich is as much as possible) I love to use fresh seasonal fruit. During the winter period fresh fruit is normally not as sweet as it should be so then I change to frozen fruit. The benefit of frozen fruit is that when you thaw the fruit there will be some juice wich gives an extra dimension to your pavlova.
Red and blue fruit looks really great. Usually I use fresh strawberries, black and red currents, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries. If you would like to try a change use some mango or pineapple. Try to imagine all those flavors of the fresh fruit together, I know it’s mouth-watering.
There is just one more thing which is missing yet… whipped cream!! Normally the supermarkets sell cream between 30% to 40% fat, try to find the cream with the most percentage of fat. In this case it’s the more fat the better!! The best cream has more than 40% fat, ask your pastry shop for advice or maybe you could buy it there.
When you bring all these ingredients together you will have your pavlova. When taking the first bite you will feel like you are in heaven. Crunchy, soft, sweet, freshness… hmm it all comes together. I bet you can’t stop eating this delicious dessert. I have made this many times for friends and family and every time they said that this is number one in their dessert top ten. I’m sure that everyone loves pavlova it’s success guaranteed. It looks great, it tastes delicious and everyone loves it. Of course it has a lot of calories but who said that desserts have to be healthy!!
If you would like to make pavlova yourself there are a lot of recipes on the internet, but if you would like to make pavlova the way I make it.. contact me and I will send you the recipe.
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I would like to try a Pavlova. I love anything with fruit as toppings.
I have always wanted to make my own Pavlova. Thanks for the recipe!
i have several pavlova recipes but I have never made one yet. I might have to try soon.
I’ve never had it before, but I must now!
I have never heard of this recipe but will have to try it! Great first post!
completely new and strange to me so i will not know much to say about it, but hopefully someday i give it a try.
I’m happy to finally know exactly what a pavlova is and yours looks so delicious!
Yum! Love Pavlova. Have you heard of the eggless way to make it using aquafaba? Google it, its so cool and means friends with egg allergies can enjoy Pavlova too :-).
I love a good pavlova, so light and airy
I love pavlova and make it often as my husband is Australian and enjoys them! I learned how to make them and because they are so darn easy (just take a bit of time) they are a favourite 🙂
This looks amazing! I will have to try!!
WOW… looks amazing!
Looks amazing:)
This looks like something I could eat all day every day! delicious!
New dish for me, looks and sounds really good.
I love Pavlova, it’s one of my fave desserts! Yours looks great 🙂
I’ve never tried pavlova before, but the way you describe it with such detail has me convinced I need to try it!
YUM never heard of this but I’m sure I would love it!
I too love Pavlova; just so yummy!! Thanks for sharing! I’ll have to make it again soon!