Pavlova

[AndyAudi]

I have heard that some folks rather then using a low teperature oven do their merangues & pavlova's in a hostess trolley or airing cupboard.

Any idea how hot the environment needs to be?

I am going to try and make a huge one 3ft x 6ft and would try and heat the room up if practical after going round it with a blow torch. I'v also thought making about making it over an electric blanket.

[Catz]

Are you being serious??

[condor]

Never heard anything like that before - let us know how you get on

[Noger]

Think you would need at least 100C to get the thing to set. Unless there is some clever chemical thing you can do. McGee On Food would be the book to look at, as he is the chap behind most of the science that Heston et al use.

[Anna_S]

what sort of quantities of eggs and sugar etc are you gonna need!!!!

good luck to you, we wanna see pictures!

[bint]

One word - WHY??

And yes, minimum 100 deg C. They're cooked at a low temperature, but not that low! Can you not make lots of smaller ones and glue together with cream?

[Semi hemi]

AndyAudi said:

I am going to try and make a huge one 3ft x 6ft

Thats is one m/f case of the munchies my man

[AndyAudi]

Yes I'm serious, I'm having a lot of friends (25)round and thought this would go down a storm.

My sister has a receipe that is at 60 Centigrade and a family friend does hers in her hostess trolley.

I will investigate further. The issues seem to be the safety of using uncooked eggs as a potential salmonella risk. However I am confident the eggs I will be using should be ok.

Someone refered to Heston and it reminded me of his baked alaska, so I looked it up. I may opt for a sponge centre to make the depth of meringue less in the middle so the blow torch should handle it. Will try with a smaller version first. (The finished version will now need to be about 5 x 2 to comfortably get through some doors)

[Noger]

The Heston Baked Alaska was done @ 180C IIRC. 20-25 mins. A lot shorter that the 2 hours a Pav cooks for @ 100C.

Keep us posted, an intriguing project

[AndyAudi]

Noger said:

The Heston Baked Alaska was done @ 180C IIRC. 20-25 mins. A lot shorter that the 2 hours a Pav cooks for @ 100C.

Keep us posted, an intriguing project

I found Hestons receipe online at www.recipes4us.co.uk

8. Gently brown the surface of the meringue with a blowtorch.
9. Transfer the Baked Alaska into the oven for about 2 minutes to warm the meringue
(It is an audio receipe also so I confirmed he did say 2!)

I am so looking forward to giving this ago but can't for another week. I have decided the sponge will be coated with Blue Berry Jam & vanilla essence before being covered with meringue.

My fall back is pancakes with honey and whisky ice cream (with the egg yolks)