As a large part of the allotment has been taken over by strawberries, we’ve been experiencing something of a glut recently. I made strawberry sorbet and stuck it in the freezer, and still had some left over (not to mention some raspberries that I bought just before we found out about the allotment). On Tuesday I decided to defrost the freezer, which yielded several egg whites (I hate wasting things and always freeze spare egg whites). So it was clearly time for pavlova.
I used this recipe and it was the best meringue I’ve ever made (although the mixture didn’t want to stiffen – I was using the processor but I ended up having to whisk it by hand).
Depending on how many strawberries I get off the allotment tomorrow, I think I feel some jam coming on…
Looks like the perfect summer afternoon tea … I’ll be over later!
We’re struggling to keep birds off our strawberries. We’ve put netting up but they’re getting through it. I think we’re going to try a chicken netting frame next, which seems a bit extreme, but I want those darned berries!