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
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.
Mix the strawberries and raspberries with the sugar, lightly crushing a few berries with a fork.
3 minutes - 2.
Leave the fruit for 5 minutes to release some juice.
5 minutes - 3.
Whisk the cream and vanilla until soft peaks form; keep it loose rather than stiff.
4 minutes - 4.
Break the meringues into chunks and gently fold into the cream with most of the fruit.
2 minutes - 5.
Spoon into four bowls, top with the remaining fruit and serve immediately.
1 minutes