I made my first pavlova!

I actually did it on Monday, and forgot to come in here and congratulate myself! LOL!

I did it completely from scratch - and it worked out perfectly Lovely crisp shell and still plenty of goo inside! My recipe actually made a custard with the egg yolks, and having custard in the pav made a nice change! I needed more fruit, but it was a hit with the ppl that ate it.. so didn't really matter (can work on my decoration skills next time) But the pav base itself is what I was proud of hehe. I was going to buy a pre-made one, but there weren't any, so had to make it myself. Twas quite easy



So yay to me! LOL!

woohoo congratulations!!!
I love pavlovas. I must make a few for dinner - Ramadan is almost here and I love making yummy, yummy dinners. It's not really in the spirit of Ramadan which is meant to be about moderation but after 8 hours without food one can't help but to make ahuge dinner lol.

ETA - how long did you bake the base for? What temp?

Yay Liz well done on your successful pav

Thanks guys

Dach - I did mine about 35mins on 140. The recipe said 45mins at 150, but my oven is a bit hot.. and it was an old recipe book, so I figure they were talking conventional oven, mine is fan forced. I kept an eye on it.. and once it started to crack a bit, and had got that golden kinda colour (well.. it was golden in the oven light LOL) you know.. had that cooked look.. I took it out. It did collapse a little bit as it cooled.. but hey - that's why we decorate with lots of cream & fruit isn't it? LOL.

Oh - I should add.. mine was shaped differently.. i had a layer at the bottom, and then spooned the rest around the edge.. so that it was empty in the middle - like a nest I guess. That's where the custard went. This could affect cooking time compared to one big lump of meringue.

WOOhOOooooOooO Liz Congrats You should be proud, you wouldn't believe the amount of pav's that collapse on people

Yay for making your own pav Liz!
My mum made a chocolate pav for xmas and it was delicious!

Nic

ooh yum nic! DH has requested a coffee pav LOL. Not sure how that would work??

yay. I have only ever made one, it was a bit dodgy. It was not from scratch, from one of those egg thingos. the instructions said to mound it up a little, well mine came out tasting fine, but resembling a volcano! haha.. I might have to try again one day.