Eton mess


Eton mess
Behind this strange name there lurks a delicious traditional English dessert made of meringues, strawberries and cream.
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Last modified on: July 25th 2010

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Stage 1 - 4 hours 17 min.
Eton mess
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.
Eton mess
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.
Eton mess
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.
Eton mess
Mix gently.

Stage 5
Eton mess
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
Whole recipe
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
1,189 Kcal or 4,978 Kj11 gr273 gr60 gr
59 %4 %26 %9 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
202 Kcal or 846 Kj2 gr46 gr10 gr
10 %1 %4 %2 %
Per person
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
297 Kcal or 1,243 Kj3 gr68 gr15 gr
15 %1 %6 %2 %
% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).
Possible allergens in this recipe: Egg, Milk
How much will it cost?
  • For 4 people : 2.84 €
  • Per person : 0.71 €

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This recipe uses (among others)
StrawberriesStrawberries: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Strawberry Charlotte, Strawberry and kiwi fruit salad, Strawberry-mint sorbet, Strawberry and rhubarb crumble, Strawberry sorbet, ... All
Liquid creamLiquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Firied fillet of sea bream with polenta, Cocotte eggs with Comté, Creamy rice with green asparagus and sorrel , Crème de foie gras, The strange gratin, ... All
Caster sugarCaster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Strawberries in a thyme and lemon-flavoured red wine reduction, Panna cotta, Mouna, Dublin fruit scones, Crème brulée, ... All
Vanilla sugarVanilla sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Like Bounty, Kouign-amann brioche, Apricot blancmange, Chocolate rolls (petits pains), Individual charlottes with morello cherries, ... All
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