Eton Mess
A no-cook dessert (or snack), making Eton Mess depends largely on using the best quality ingredients. Fresh strawberries are a must. Make sure you use cream with the correct amount of butterfat. And the meringue should be totally dry rather than chewy.Take care when folding the ingredients together to get good marbling.
Ingredients
- 300 grams fresh strawberries trimmed and halved or quartered (reserve the best ones for garnish)
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 cup crushed meringue measure after crushing them
- 1 cup whipping cream well chilled
Instructions
- Place the strawberries in a microwaveable bowl.
- Add the sugar and stir.
- Heat in the microwave on HIGH for one and a half minutes. Stir.
- Return to the microwave and heat on HIGH for another one and a half minutes.
- Cool to room temperature then chill the strawberry syrup for at least two hours.
- In a chilled bowl, whip the cream until double in volume.
- Take your meringue. Crush them with your hand. Not into smithereens but into fairly large chunks.
- Dump the crushed meringue into the bowl of whipped cream. Fold gently.
- Pour in the chilled strawberry syrup. Fold — DO NOT OVERMIX — to create a marbled look.
- Spoon your Eton Mess into dessert glasses.
- Top with the reserved whole strawberries.