Eton Mess {Super Easy Dessert}

Small glasses with Eton Mess inside, topped with strawberries.

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Eton Mess {Super Easy Dessert}

Eton Mess is a British strawberry dessert filled with fruit, whipped cream and crispy meringue. It’s so impressive to serve to guests but is super easy to make. Here’s your simple 5-ingredient recipe.

Prep Time15

Total Time15

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Family Food

Servings:

Author: Sarah Rossi

Ingredients

4 Ready-made meringue nests
600 ml Double cream
50 g Icing sugar
2 tsp Vanilla extract
500 g Strawberries

Instructions

Whip the cream, icing sugar and vanilla with a hand whisk or electric whisk until it’s quite firm.
Hull your strawberries (remove the green stalk) and reserve whole strawberries some for the toppings. Cut the rest of the strawberries into small pieces.
Put HALF of the chopped strawberries into a bowl and mash well with a fork until quite smooth. Then add the other HALF of the chopped strawberries and mix in together. This is your textured sauce.
Crush the meringue lightly into bite-sized pieces and combine with the cream mixture with a spoon.
Layer your Eton Mess with a spoon in individual dessert bowls or glasses: strawberries, then meringue/cream mix, followed by strawberries and cream mix again.
Top with the saved strawberries.

Notes

Ready-made meringue nests: Use 1 per person

Double cream: This is also called ‘heavy cream’ or ‘whipping cream’ outside of the UK. Whip until it’s firm

Eton Mess is best served fresh

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