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Eton mess

Name: Eton mess
Prep time: 4 h 55 min
Total time: 4 h 55 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 2 egg whites; 100 g caster sugar; 200 g strawberries; 200 ml liquid cream; 30 g vanilla sugar

Behind this strange name there lurks a delicious traditional English dessert made of meringues, strawberries and cream.

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Duration

4 hours 55 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: July 25^th 2010

Step by step recipe Ingredients Duration Nutritional facts Cost Comments

For 4 people, you will need:

1 2 egg whites
2 100 g caster sugar
3 200 g strawberries
4 200 ml liquid cream
5 30 g vanilla sugar
Total weight: 590 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

4 hours 55 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 4 hours 20 min.

Prepare meringues with 2 egg whites and 100 g caster sugar. Shape them by piping with a forcing bag if possible, to make little meringues about the size of a strawberry.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 15 min.

Prepare 200 g strawberries and cut into 2 or 4 according to their size. Ideally the pieces should be about the same size as the meringues.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 20 min.

Prepare the chantilly (whipped cream) with 200 ml liquid cream and 30 g vanilla sugar.

Tip the strawberries, cream and meringues into a bowl,.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 3 min.

Mix gently.

Stage 5

And serve immediately.

Remarks

This dessert cannot be kept waiting otherwise the meringues go soft and it deteriorates into a "mess" worthy of the name!

The word "mess", used humorously here, originally came from the French word "mets" (dish).

Keeping: To eat right now.

Source: Home-made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	1 g RDI=3 %	46 g RDI=17 %	10 g RDI=14 %	201 kcal RDI=10 %	844 kJ RDI=10 %
Per person	2 g RDI=4 %	68 g RDI=26 %	15 g RDI=21 %	297 kcal RDI=15 %	1,245 kJ RDI=15 %
Whole recipe	11 g RDI=17 %	272 g RDI=103 %	60 g RDI=82 %	1,189 kcal RDI=59 %	4,978 kJ RDI=59 %