Pavlova

I finally got these pictures and had to share. Our family was invited to an international progressive dinner last month and we were assigned to bring a dessert from another country. I immediately thought of New Zealand (hello. the only other country we've ever been to.) and the Pavlova Olivia makes. It is their national dessert and named for the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova who toured New Zealand in 1926. It is a meringue cake topped with mountains of real whipped cream and lots of strawberries, blueberries and kiwi (for the Kiwis!). It wasn't too hard to make and got rave reviews.