*Ø* The mighty pav

On this day in 1935 Chef Bert Sachse of the Esplanade Hotel, Perth, Western Australia created the pavlova, named after Anna Pavlova, the Russian ballerina.

The pavlova, a meringue dish usually topped generously with passionfruit, strawberries and Chinese gooseberries (kiwifruit), is something of a national dessert in Australia.

However, the Kiwis can also now claim it as their own. Keith Money, a Pavlova biographer, wrote that a chef at a hotel in Wellington, New Zealand created the dish when Pavlova visited there in 1926 on her world tour.

If you ain't eaten pav, you ain't lived.

Traditional pavlova
4-6 egg whites
pinch salt
8oz castor sugar/sugar (equal parts)
1 teaspoon white vinegar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
2 level teaspoons cornflour ... [rest of recipe]

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