Thursday, February 08, 2007

Yes... this is the outcome of my unsuccessful pavlova attempt no. 2... I have officially decided that the key to making good pavlova is having a good electric beater. Without one, your pavlova will turn out something like the above. lolz. I had tried the exact same recipe at Rani's place a few weeks ago and it turned out perfect! Why? because he had a decent electric beater that we used. I should have taken a photo of it and compared it to this one. haha... it looks nothing like the ones i did today. Other keys to making good pavlova is having an oven door that closes properly and reading the recipe correctly. Our oven door has lost its grip so when you close it, it doesn't shut tight. There's a small gap where the heat can escape. So we use a broom to hold it shut. haha. And then, after I had put the pavlovas in the oven at 175 degrees C, like it said to at the start when preheating the over, I didn't realise that that was only the initial temperature... coz after you put the pavlovas in, you need to reduce the temperature to 100 degrees C. haha... oopz! >.< So you can't see in the picture, but the bottom parts are burnt... no... wait... let's call them 'caramelized'... haha.
so guess what i'm off to buy this evening?! hehe (and no, its not a new oven door or reading glasses!)
my thoughts @ 12:53 PM
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