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Eton mess

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

129,0875/5 for 14 ratings

Last modified on: July 25^th 2010

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

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Start to finish
4 hours 55 min.	4 hours 55 min.

Keeping: To eat right now.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 4 hours 17 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).

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,095 Kcal or 4,585 Kj	11 gr	151 gr	60 gr
55 %	4 %	14 %	9 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
186 Kcal or 779 Kj	2 gr	26 gr	10 gr
9 %	1 %	2 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
274 Kcal or 1,147 Kj	3 gr	38 gr	15 gr
14 %	1 %	4 %	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).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 2.84 €
Per person : 0.71 €

Note : These prices are only approximate

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Source

Home-made.

More recipes?

This recipe uses (among others)

	Strawberries: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Strawberries in a thyme and lemon-flavoured red wine reduction, Quick Strawberry Millefeuille, Strawberry-mint sorbet, Strawberry sorbet, Frozen cottage cheese with strawberries, ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Creamy plum and pear clafoutis, Smoked eggs, Tagliatelle and courgette spaghetti, carbonara style, Mushrooms on toast, French style, Normandy seafood stew, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Kouign-amann brioche, Caramelized pear custard tart, Tatin apples with mascarpone cream, Yeast-based flaky dough (for croissants), Almond macaroon cake, ... All
	Vanilla sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Household cake (Gâteau de ménage), Yvetot Douillons, Stewed apricots, Frozen Nougat, Mirlitons, ... All

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