Thread Starter: lacey-cat Started: Mon 22 Nov 2004 Replies: 3
I thought I'd try out a recipe for pavlova and was wondering what you do once the meringue has been cooked. Do you turn it upside down and then put cream and fruit on top, or keep it the right way up and poke the meringue down and then fill with cream and fruit?
Tue 23 Nov 2004, 3.12AM
I make pavlovas a lot and do the same as carol and prawnfiller, make a hollow before cooking and it comes out like a 'nest'. Never sandwiched two together though. I always leave them in the oven, switched off, till they are completely cold.
Be careful when using this method though. The other week I did it and then turned the oven on really high to cook some bread forgetting that the pavlova was still in there. OMG ... the smell! And ruined my baking sheet!!!!!
Mon 22 Nov 2004, 10.44PM
For a pav. you should make a base of merinque and the build up the sides before baking. This way you will have a natural 'basket'!
Mon 22 Nov 2004, 12.56PM
I think before you put it in the oven you should make a hollow in the centre. What I used to do when I made pavlova was I made 2 then sandwiched them with cream, then cream and fruit on the top. I think it's just personal preference really, no hard and fast rules 
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