{Reconstructed} Eton Mess

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Reconstructed Eton Mess - a quick and simple dessert using just a few ingredients - cream, strawberries and meringues. A must have summer recipe!

Eton Mess is a classic British pudding, made with whipped cream, strawberries and crushed meringues – all mixed together and served in pretty glasses or bowls. It’s a great way to use up broken meringues, and is very quick and easy to make. You can vary the flavour of the cream and the fruits if you like, making it a very versatile dessert.

We bought some strawberries on a recent visit to a local farm shop, and I bought some meringues too – with the view to make Eton Mess for our family barbecue the next day. But the meringues were way too pretty to crush up, so I reconstructed the mess instead!

I simply whipped the cream with a little icing sugar to sweeten it, and a drop of vanilla extract for flavour. Then when it was at a nice, soft peak stage, I sandwiched the cream between two meringues and popped some sliced strawberries on top. Lush!

Reconstructed Eton Mess - a quick and simple dessert using just a few ingredients - cream, strawberries and meringues. A must have summer recipe!

{Reconstructed} Eton Mess

The Purple Pumpkin Blog
I've not given quantities, because, I didn't measure them when I made this… but it really is one of those recipes that you don't need to measure – just whip up enough cream as you need to fill the meringues.
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Course Desserts
Cuisine British
Servings 4
Calories 168 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • Double cream
  • Icing sugar
  • Vanilla extract
  • Strawberries hulled and quartered or sliced
  • Meringues

Instructions
 

  • Whip the cream with some icing sugar and vanilla extract. You can do this by taste – start with a tablespoon of the sugar and maybe ½ teaspoon of the vanilla.
  • Do not over whip the cream – stop when it reaches soft peak stage. Check for flavour again, and fold in more sugar and/or vanilla if you want.
  • Sandwich the whipped cream between two meringues and top with strawberries.

    Reconstructed Eton Mess - a quick and simple dessert using just a few ingredients - cream, strawberries and meringues. A must have summer recipe!

Nutrition

Serving: 1 | Calories: 168kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 8mg | Sodium: 6mg | Sugar: 34g

Nutritional information is always approximate and will depend on the quality of ingredients used and serving sizes. If you need exact calories and macros, please do your own calculations.

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