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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Australasian >> Australian >> New Zealander

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Prepare a baking sheet by greasing lightly with butter and placing on it a sheet of tinfoil or baking paper. Grease the tinfoil and then shake on a few drops of cold water and smear around leaving a thin film of water. | 2. Beat egg whites, salt and cold water until stiff with an electric mixer in large bowl. | 3. While still beating add the castor sugar very slowly a tablespoonful at a time and keep beating between additions. This takes time so don't hurry this step. | 4. When all sugar has been added beat in the vinegar and the vanilla. | 5. Remove beaters and with a metal tablespoon fold in with cutting movements the cornflour. | 6. With a spatula scoop mix onto baking sheet and form into a circle about 8" in diameter but keeping the mix fairly high. Form a slight dent in the top if liked or keep flat. | 7. Place tray in the centre of a 350'F oven and bake for 10mins. | 8. After 10mins lower heat to 300'F and then after another 10mins lower heat to 250'F and continue baking for 1hr. | 9. Do not open oven door while cooking. | 10. When time is up turn oven off and open door slightly and leave Pavlova to cool in oven. | 11. When completely cold top with freshly whipped cream and decorate with fruit of choice or grated chocolate. | 12. Another idea is to fill centre with either lemon curd (made from the yolks) or chocolate mousse. Then pipe rosettes of cream around the edge of filling. I have also used instant puddings for the filling made with half milk & half cream to give a thicker mix and then decorated with fruit to match flavour. | 13. Note: If it looks like rain don't make! It has something to do with the atmosphere! | 14. Pavlova can be made 1-2 days before or the morning of the day required. Then topped on the day 4-6 hours before required. | 15. Variations: | 16. Pavlova with Almonds; sprinkle with flaked almonds before baking. | 17. Coffee Pavlova; add either 1 Tbsp coffee essence or 2 teasp instant coffee powder when adding the sugar. Top with brandy or kahlua flavoured whipped cream. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
egg white	6			102.96	1.4454	21.581999999999997	0.3366
salt	1	pinch		-	-	-	-
water	3	tablespoons		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
caster sugar	12	ounces		302.6	0.0	67.32	1.7
vinegar	1	teaspoon		1.05	0.0465	0.0	0.0
vanilla essence	1	teaspoon		302.6	0.0	67.32	1.7
cornflour	3	tablespoons		302.6	0.0	67.32	1.7

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.