deng deng deng. u ought to love this

I had loads of Passionfruits at home.. and no one seems to remember there's any passionfruit in the fridge. so, i'm the one who eats them.. and.. because i can't eat soo many in a day.. i decided to do something with it..

i fliped thru all the food mags n see if there's anything interesting n simple with passionfruit. (i dont have a car to drive, so my ingredients are quite limited.. gotta make the best out of it tho)

i found them in Australian Gourmet Traveller's March Issue. coincidentally, the fruit in season is... tada.. passionfruit!!

ok.. recipe & method
For pavlovas, whisk 4 eggwhites in an electric micer until soft peaks form, then add 1 cup caster sugar (1/2 - 3/4cup should be enough), a tablespoonful at a time, until sugar is inforporated and mixture is thick, glossy and firm peaks form.

stiff/firm peaks means... it's not watery..it's anti-gravity.. haha.. basically when u turn it upside down, it doesnt fall..

Fold in 1 tbsp cornflour, 2 tsp white vinegar and 1 tsp vanilla extract, then form mixture into eight 9-cm diameter rounds and bake at 120C for 1 hour. Turn off oven and leave pavlovas in until completely cold.

use baking paper to remove the pavlova easier

For passionfruit butter, combine 7 egg yolks, 1/2 cup caster sugar, 1/2 cup passionfruit juice (about 3 ripe heavy passionfruit) and 2 tbsp lemon juice in a heatproof bowl and whisk over a saucepan of simmering water for 6-7 minutes or until thick and fluffy.

to get the passionfruit juice, use a seiver.. or skin seiver if u have ..

Remove from heat and whisk in 175gm very soft butter, a tablespoon at a time. whisk until smooth, then whick in 1/4 cup thick natural yoghurt. Refrigerate until firm.

suppose to be heart shaped... -.-"

Fill pavlovas with passionfruit butter, and top with sliced banana, strawberries and passionfruit pulp. Makes 8

yummm... so good!

* The pavlova was abit too sweet.. and the passionfruit butter went too sour because of too much lemon juice... surprisingly when both adds together, with strawberries, they compliment each other well!

one thing is that..the fruit has to be sourish type..

Extra Note: Passionfruit are great with - banana, berries, chocolate, coconut, cream, lime, lychee, mango, mascarpone, orange, mint, papaya, pineapple, run, tequila, vanilla, yoghurt.... (NOT with pavlovas)

	suan April 28, 2006   08:53 PM PDT   hey, i saw ur pavlova recipe. pavlova is a common kiwi dessert. if passionfruit doesn't work, try kiwi fruit..that's how the people here decorate their pavlovas..nice blog!!

	swee April 6, 2006   01:08 AM PDT   thanks gemma :)

	gemma April 4, 2006   03:26 AM PDT   I love the first picture of the beaten egg-whites, it is very pretty!

	swee March 27, 2006   04:23 PM PST   hi chocolatesuze.. yeah.. i chose those really ripe ones.. sweet yet sour-ish.. nice =)

	chocolatesuze March 27, 2006   02:55 PM PST   pavlova yum! mmm those strawberries look so nice and ripe!

	swee March 27, 2006   02:00 PM PST   @Name: yeah passionfruits r quite hard to find sometimes... @boo: yeah! thanks n easy to make too!

	boo_licious March 27, 2006   03:31 AM PST   Yeah, passionfruit can be quite sour but it's nice esp the seeds. Pavlova looks very yummy.

	Name March 26, 2006   09:15 AM PST   the color in that dessert is amazing. i'm not even sure if i can find passionfruit around here...

	swee March 25, 2006   05:00 PM PST   hehe.. thanks..

	killuminati March 25, 2006   03:07 PM PST   pavlova! OMG i sure miss this dessert. i can eat it on its own e.g. straight from the box (coles premade) without any toppings. yours looks great though. great work!