Pavlova

Pavlovas are  easy to make when you know how. All you need is some eggs, sugar, white vinegar, some cream, vanilla, and fruit of choice.

Recipes for pavlovas are easy to find these days, the vinegar helps to stabilize the meringue, and if you leave them to cool in an oven slightly ajar, all will be fine.

This one has been topped with some Chantilly cream, sliced banana, strawberries, passion fruit pulp and some cherry sauce.

The cherry sauce is new to me. I had some cherry juice left over from something else, so I just added some sugar and thickened it with some arrowroot. once cooled I just drizzled it over the top. Yummo.

Pavlovas are a favourite dessert in this house, they might just get the cherry sauce a bit more often.

Pistachio & White Chocolate Biscuits

Well, it's been a while. Believe me the kitchen is always in use.

I was expecting a visitor, and I always like to make something home made to have for morning and afternoon tea, and quite often with coffee after dinner.

These biscuits are the best, pistachio and white chocolate. I found the recipe in a Supper Foods magazine a few years ago. The usual butter, sugar, eggs and flour with added chopped pistachio nuts and white chocolate. This one was brown sugar.

They are quick to mix, then just roll into balls and squash onto trays with a fork and bake.

I always make a double batch, because they never last long.

The recipe can be found here if anyone wants to try them.

Date Scones

I love date scones, but very rarely make them.

I don't use a recipe, just use what my Mum taught me to do when I was little. just sifted flour and a little icing sugar sifted together. Some butter rubbed into the flour. Some dates chopped, then also rubbed into the flour a little. Then add some milk to form a sticky dough, mixing with a knife.

Turn the dough out onto a well floured surface and pat into a rectangle shape. Cut the scones, place onto a greased oven try and bake in a hot oven about 15 - 20 minutes. Serve warm with butter.