Listen to the audio and complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.
0s—
Pavlova is a dessert that takes its name after 1 Anna Pavlova.
It is believed that the dessert had been created to celebrate Pavlova’s tour of Australia and 2 in the 1920s.
One of the common festive meals the dessert is served at is 3
Professor Helen Leach, a culinary anthropologist at the University of Otago in New Zealand, has researched the dessert and compiled a series of cookbooks containing 4 Pavlova recipes.
Some sources point at Bert Sachse as the original creator of the dish at the Esplanade Hotel in 5 in 1935.
Matthew Evans from The Sydney Morning Herald said that 6 about the pavlova’s origins is not likely to be found.
The process of making Pavlova involves 7 into a thick mass, with other ingredients such as sugar and vinegar added later.
8 is where raspberry topping seems to be the most popular one.
Ready-to-be-made pavlovas can be bought, that require little effort to make and only need both 9 added to them.
New Zealand’s national museum, Te Papa, made 10 in February 1999 memorable by creating the largest pavlova in existence, called ‘Pavzilla’.