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Eton mess
QuickVegetarianDessert

Eton mess

Crushed meringue, juicy berries and softly whipped cream make a quick, cheerful dessert.

Prep
15 min
Cook
0 min
Serves
4
Level
Easy
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Gather

Ingredients

  • 300 gstrawberries, hulled and chopped
  • 100 graspberries
  • 1 tbspcaster sugar
  • 300 mldouble cream, chilled
  • ½ tspvanilla extract
  • 80 gready-made meringue nests

Make

Method

  1. 1.

    Mix the strawberries and raspberries with the sugar, lightly crushing a few berries with a fork.

    3 minutes
  2. 2.

    Leave the fruit for 5 minutes to release some juice.

    5 minutes
  3. 3.

    Whisk the cream and vanilla until soft peaks form; keep it loose rather than stiff.

    4 minutes
  4. 4.

    Break the meringues into chunks and gently fold into the cream with most of the fruit.

    2 minutes
  5. 5.

    Spoon into four bowls, top with the remaining fruit and serve immediately.

    1 minutes