Simon and Meg vs the Pavlova - Take 2!
"I don't know if I can get these buggers off [the baking
paper]" - Simon
"There's nowhere to hide in this kitchen. The pavlovas haven't
worked, the pastry cream hasn't set... deep down we knew it was a
disaster." - Meg
Oh boy. What a shocker! Simon and Meg had a complete FAIL
on the pavlova front due to a malfunctioning oven.
We thought they deserved a chance to redeem themselves so we
challenged them to a rematch.
Behold, Simon and Meg vs The Pavlova (take 2). You can find their
(new) recipe below the video:
Meg and Simon's Pavlova #2
Prep time:
40 minutes
Cook time:
1 hour
Servings:
1 pavlova
Ingredients:
- 3 egg whites
- 1 cup caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- 1 tablespoon cornflour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1. Beat egg whites until stiff (forms peaks).
2. Add sugar - heaped tablespoon at a time - beating well after
each addition.
3. Then beat for at least 10 minutes. This is very important.
4. Then sprinkle vinegar, cornflour and vanilla essence into
mixture. Beat until blended.
5. Coat baking paper with water drops to allow baking paper to
stick to sides of tin and pile pavlova mixture in 20cm
circle.
6. Heat oven until 300°F (or 150°C). Put pav in oven and
immediately turn oven down to 250°F (or 125°C) and leave
for 1 hour.
7. Then turn oven off and leave in oven until cold. (Usually
overnight). This makes a nice crust on outside of pav.
8. Before serving, cover pav in whipped cream and decorate with
your favourite fruit.
