Eton Mess
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By The Saga team View all 24 recipes
The Saga team's Story
The dish was traditionally served at Eton College but how it came to have the name is not clear. One story is a Labrador dog sat on a picnic basket in the back of a car and squashed a strawberry and meringue dessert. Read More
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Dessert and Sweets, English, Eton Mess, summer, barbeque, bbq, alfresco,
Ingredients
- 320 ml whipping cream
- 1 tbsp. fine sugar
- 120g ready-made meringue
- 500g fresh strawberries
- 1 tbsp. icing sugar
Method
- 1. mix the whipping cream and sugar.
2. Break the meringue into chucks and stir into the cream.
3. Break up hal of the strawberries in another bowl. Stir gently into the cream.
4. Halve, then quarter the remaining strawberries.
5. Place the cream mixture glass serving dish, top with the strawberry pieces, chill for 30 minutes in the fridge and sprinkle with the icing sugar.
Tips
- Frozen or canned strawberries don't work.
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Eton Mess is an all-time classic British dessert and an Eton Mess recipe must be included in any list of strawberry recipes.