[Mother Of Seven]

I have an idea for a thread.
The men of the forum tell us their favourite dish, and then we ladies give our favourite recipe for that dish that the men can then pass on to their wives. I'm talking not only pies, but any dish, sweet or savoury. By doing this, we are serving the men of the forum.


I'll start with a recipe for 'pavlova', a delicious dessert suitable for all the family. It's a very large meringue which is soft inside and topped with whipped cream and finished with fruit or chocolate of your choice.

Preheat the oven to 150°C (300°F). Place the whites of 4 eggs in the bowl of an electric mixer and whisk until stiff peaks form. Gradually add one cup of superfine (caster) sugar, whisking well, until the mixture is stiff and glossy.
Add 2 tablespoons of sifted cornflour and 2 teaspoons of white vinegar and whisk until just combined. Shape the mixture into a 6 inch round on a baking tray lined with non-stick baking paper. Reduce oven to 120°C (250°F) and bake for 1 hour 20 minutes. Turn the oven off and allow the pavlova to cool completely in the oven.


Shortly before serving, whisk a cup of pouring cream until soft peaks form. Spread over the pavlova, top with passionfruit pulp or strawberries or sliced kiwi fruit or grated chocolate. Serve by cutting into slices like a cake.

[Russell Holbeck]

Hello Mother Of Seven.

Thank you for posting a recipe and a photo of the dessert I did not think it would be any good because I thought it had peas on it but then I looked up kiwi fruit I thought kiwis were birds.

I wish there were more recipes in the Bible I can only remember one it was for bread and one of the ingredients is fitches I can not find it in the grocery store. I am sorry I do not remember the verse I usually mark things with Post-It notes they are small pieces of paper with glue on them but they do not mess up your Bible I can send you some.

Thank you.

Rusty

[Attila's Wife]

Hi Rusty! I hope you're well.

Are you thinking of the recipe in Ezekiel 4:9?

Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.

I must admit I've never tried the recipe, mainly because I thought a fitch was a sort of polecat. But now I've looked it up and apparently it's either rye or spelt (which is an old European kind of wheat).

I would love to give it a try and send you a loaf, but I'm not sure of the quantities. If you're supposed to eat it for 390 days, it would be a lot, and my oven's probably too small.

(Nice-looking pav, Mother Of Seven!)

YiC
AW

[WilliamJenningsBryan]

No offense here, but I find any kind of meringue to be dry, foamy, crusty and tasteless, sort of akin to something left out for a couple of days. About the only thing meringue is good for is house insulation between the drywall and sheathing, or maybe use it a chinking you a log cabin.

Now, the fresh whipped cream is another matter and is particularly good on pies.

[Mother Of Seven]

You have never indulged in pavlova then. It is not dry, foamy, crusty or tasteless. It's moist and delicious. The outside of it is crisp, but inside it's almost impossible to know where the meringue leaves off and the cream begins. Drop by one day, and you can taste test for yourself. I can guarantee you will be converted.

[WilliamJenningsBryan]

The only pavlova I'm familiar with was Anna Pavlova - a Russian I believe, some kind of dancer as I recall.

[Pastor Ezekiel]

I have mine delivered. Accept no substitutes.