And just like that Christmas has been and gone. The back end of this year had me powering through life that I didn't have the time to get as excited about Christmas as I normally would have and now having some time off, and the luxury of retrospect, I wish I had of been more festive! Christmas really is my favourite time of the year. I love having our family all together and having the whole day to spend with one another without any time restraints. With age I am really starting to enjoy giving gifts more so than receiving them and of course, Christmas Day means we pull out all the food stops for an incredible lunch to share together.
Alas I bottled up all of that unused excitement in the weeks prior to Christmas to deliver quite possibly the best pavlova ever on Christmas Day. Three days on I am still super chuffed with it! Little does anyone know it's actually a Jamie Oliver recipe from this years Christmas edition of Woolworths' Fresh magazine. It was sweet, but not sickly, soft but with delicious crunchy bits from the meringue and the pistachios and slightly sticky from the honey - an unexpected yet very pleasant delight which was met with raving reviews from fellow family members. What more could you want on Christmas Day?!
