Mums Pavlova
Pav is a kiwi favourite, however in our family this is our favourite recipe.
Ingredients:
3 Eggs Whites
1 ¼ Sugar
1 Teaspoon Malt Vinegar
3 Teaspoon Cornflour
Pinch Salt
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Essence
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Bean Paste
3 Tablespoon Water (cold)
1.Preheat oven to 150C.
2. Beat egg whites very stiff, add water and beat.
3. Add sugar gradually beating well.
4. Lastly mix in the cornflour, salt, vinegar and vanilla.
5. Wet lunch paper (double) and put on cold oven tray – put mixture on wet side (Baking paper could be used instead of lunch paper and would not require wetting).
6. Turn oven down to 130C and cook for about one hour.
7. Allow to cool for five minutes before turnning onto plate (I prefer not to turn mine upside down, but this requires using a fish flip to loose the bottom of thr pav from the paper and gentley sliding off.
8. Serve, when cool, with cream, berries, vanilla pears or however desired.
Melting Moments
Often store bought melting moments or yoyos are flourly. The recipe below are nice and buttery, delivering the melt in your mouth seasation. I have samwhiched these together over the years with lemoncello, passionfruit and vanilla frosting or jam and lemon curd.
Note: Instead of vanilla you could substitue lemon or orange rind.
Ingredients:
275g Butter Softened
1/2 Cup Icing Sugar
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Essence
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Bean Paste
2 Tablespoon Custard Powder
1 1/2 Cups Flour
1/2 Cup Cornflour
1. Preheat oven to 160C.
2. Cream butter and icing sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Add vanilla essence and bean paste and beat until combined.
4. Add custard powder, flour and cornflour and beat until just combined.
5. Roll teaspoonfulls of mixture into balls and place on a baking paper lined tray.
6. Press balls down with a fork and bake for 18 - 20 minutes until nice and golden.
7. Allow to cool for five minutes before removing to wire rack.
8. Once cool samwich together with some frosting.
