I made two pavs for the Christmas celebrations:
Christmas Day: standard pav
Bananas, strawbs, bluebs, and kiwifruit, plus passionfruit dripped all over. DELISH. And people liked it.
(The pav in the background is the standard purchase meringue which is a very thin crust with lots of fluffy meringue volume beneath it. There is no chewiness, no real crunch or crisp, and I'm not especially fond of the bought ones. I appreciate that they are easy to assemble and sometimes you need easy, but I have never reconciled to the texture or the taste.)
Boxing Day: I levelled up with Iced Vovo pav!
Iced Vovos are classic Aussie biscuits (cookies) from Arnott's biscuit range. They are a biscuit base with marshmallow puffs and raspberry jam dollops, sprinkled with dessicated coconut. And they are an Aussie classic.
This was four layers of meringue with cream, fresh raspberries, marshmallow, and shaved coconut. It was a bit complicated to make (the meringue stuck to the paper), and I didn't get the marshmallow onto the pav soon enough so it didn't set prettily, but it was a hit. All eaten!
I'll make another one for New Year's Eve, and may try to go for square instead of round. Easier to cut.
Christmas Day: standard pav
Bananas, strawbs, bluebs, and kiwifruit, plus passionfruit dripped all over. DELISH. And people liked it.
(The pav in the background is the standard purchase meringue which is a very thin crust with lots of fluffy meringue volume beneath it. There is no chewiness, no real crunch or crisp, and I'm not especially fond of the bought ones. I appreciate that they are easy to assemble and sometimes you need easy, but I have never reconciled to the texture or the taste.)
Boxing Day: I levelled up with Iced Vovo pav!
Iced Vovos are classic Aussie biscuits (cookies) from Arnott's biscuit range. They are a biscuit base with marshmallow puffs and raspberry jam dollops, sprinkled with dessicated coconut. And they are an Aussie classic.
This was four layers of meringue with cream, fresh raspberries, marshmallow, and shaved coconut. It was a bit complicated to make (the meringue stuck to the paper), and I didn't get the marshmallow onto the pav soon enough so it didn't set prettily, but it was a hit. All eaten!
I'll make another one for New Year's Eve, and may try to go for square instead of round. Easier to cut.