Honey Roast Peach Slab Pavlova With Honeycomb

Honey Roast Peach Slab Pavlova With Honeycomb

Course Dessert
Cuisine Modern Australian
Servings 12

Ingredients
  

Slab Pavlova Base

  • 6 egg whites room temperature
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 330 g caster sugar 1 1/2 cups
  • 2 teaspoons white vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon cornflour

Honey Roast Peaches

  • 6-8 small ripe loose-stone yellow peaches
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup honey
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla paste or essence

Honey Comb

  • 125 g white sugar 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons
  • 100 g golden syrup 1/4 cup
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda

Mascarpone Cream

  • 250 ml cream 1 cup, heavy cream in US
  • 200 g mascarpone
  • 250 g creme fraiche
  • 30 g icing sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla essence

Instructions
 

Honey Comb

  • Line a small baking tin with baking paper (we used 20 x 20 but the exact size doesn’t matter)
  • In a medium heavy based pan, heat the sugar and golden syrup over low heat until the sugar dissolves. Meanwhile, measure the baking soda into a small container, ready to use quickly, and have the baking tin nearby.
  • Increase the heat and bring the sugar to the boil. Boil for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally so it doesn’t burn. you’ll see it turn a slightly darker caramel colour.
  • Add the baking soda and quickly stir to fully combine - the honeycomb will froth up and lighten.
  • Quickly pour into prepared tin. Don’t worry about spreading it out evenly.
  • Leave to set until cold and then break into pieces. If it has been a very humid day, you might find that it gets a bit sticky - just keep it in the freezer until you need it and it will much easier to snap and crumble
  • You will probably have extra left over after using it for the pavlova - dip leftovers in melted chocolate to make them even better!

Slab Pavlova Base

  • Line a baking tray with baking paper. Using a 20x 30cm tin or a ruler, trace out a roughly 20 x 30cm rectangle on your baking paper with a pencil - this gives you a guide for shaping the pavlova.
  • Preheat the oven to 180°C (not fan bake).
  • Wipe out your stand mixing bowl with a bit of lemon juice or vinegar to remove any bits of grease from last time you used it - you want your bowl and beater attachment to be super clean and dry.
  • Add the egg whites and salt to the bowl and beat using the whisk attachment on high speed until frothy.
  • Still on high speed, start adding the caster sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, until it is all absorbed and the egg whites are stiff and glossy. This should take about 10 minutes, and when you rub a bit of meringue between your fingers you shouldn’t be able to feel any sugar granules.
  • Whisk in the vinegar. Sift the corn flour over the meringue and gently fold through with a spatula.
  • Use a big spoon to drop dollops of meringue onto your traced rectangle. Use an offset spatular similar to spread it gently into a rectangle, creating a few swirls and peaks as you go.
  • Place it in the oven. Immediately turn the heat down to 130°C and bake for 1 1/2 hours. Turn off the oven and leave it in the oven without opening the door until completely cool, ideally overnight.

Honey Roast Peaches

  • Preheat the oven to 180°C
  • Halve and stone the peaches and place cut side up in a single layer in a rectangular roasting tray or baking tin with sides. In a small bowl, combine the honey, brown sugar, water and vanilla. Pour over the peaches.
  • Roast for 30-40 minutes, basting the peaches with the honey syrup occasionally, until the peaches are tender and starting to caramelise around the edges.
  • Set aside in a bowl to cool, including the honey syrup. Use at room temperature - if they are still hot they will start making the mascarpone cream runny.

Mascarpone Cream

  • Whip the cream to soft peaks.
  • In a separate bowl, mix together the mascarpone, creme fraiche, icing sugar and vanilla. Fold in the softly whipped cream.

To assemble

  • Spoon the mascarpone cream over the cooled pavlova base.
  • Top with the cooled caramelised peaches and shards of hokey pokey.
  • Serve immediately
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Crispy Skin Snapper & Salsa Verde

Saddletail Snapper & Salsa Verde

Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian, Modern Australian
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

SALSA VERDE

  • Large Bunch parsley
  • Large Bunch basil
  • Large bunch mint
  • 3 Anchovies
  • 1 Tbsp Capers
  • 1 clove Garlic
  • 200 ml Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • Squeeze of lemon juice.

SALAD AND FISH

  • 500 g Waxy new potatoes
  • 200 g cherry tomatoes
  • 200 g Asparagus spears or french beans
  • 4 snapper or white fish fillets skin on

Instructions
 

  • Pick only parsley leaves, otherwise the sauce will be very bitter. Add all the other salsa verde ingredients in a food processor and blitz until smooth. Taste and season with salt and pepper and the lemon juice.
  • Cut all the tomatoes in half. Cook the potatoes until soft and half again.
  • Blanch the green beans/asparagus for 1 minute 30 seconds. As they are still hot, trim into 2inch pieces and add to the salsa. The same with the potatoes. This helps the salsa flavour the ingredients, rather than sit on the ingredients.
  • Heat a frying pan over a medium high heat. Add the fish skin side down. Season with salt and pepper. Leave in the pan until all the sides are white (cooked) and the skin is just turning brown at the edges. Flip, cook for 1 minute then turn the heat off. Leave the fish in the pan as you plate up.
  • Once you’ve plated up, then place a fish fillet directly on top.
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Easy Italian Peach Crumb Cake

Easy Italian Peach Crumb Cake

Course Dessert
Cuisine Italian
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

CRUMB CRUST2.5 cups flour

  • cup .5sugar 100 grams
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 pinch salt
  • cup .3+ 3 tablespoon butter very cold
  • 1 egg

PEACH FILLING

  • 2 1/2 cups sliced peaches (peeled sliced then halved)
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar

Instructions
 

  • Pre-heat oven to 180° celsius.
  • Grease and flour an 20cm. A spring form pan best.
  • In a medium bowl mix together peaches and sugar, set aside.
  • In a large bowl whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt, add butter using a pastry blender, or fork combine to form a crumbly mixture, add the egg and continue to mix only until still crumbly.
  • Add approximately 2/3 of the crumbly mixture to the cake pan, spoon peach mixture on top and sprinkle with remaining crumb mixture.
  • Bake for approximately 30-40 minutes or until lightly golden on top. Let cool.
  • Serve with vanilla ice cream if desired. Enjoy!

Notes

Notes An easier way to cut in butter, is to first place the butter in the freezer for about 15-20 minutes, then grate it directly into the bowl, stir with a fork and there you have a crumbed mixture.
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