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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 25^th 2010

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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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4 hours 55 min.	4 hours 55 min.

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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).

Keeping

To eat right now.

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).

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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Source

Home-made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Strawberries: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Strawberry feuilleté, You should not soak strawberries in water, Strawberry and kiwi fruit salad, Quick Strawberry Millefeuille, Strawberry Charlotte, ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cocotte eggs with Comté, French toast "cordon bleu", Spring veal sauté , Chocolate mousse with hazelnuts, Creamy risotto with diced vegetables and flax seeds, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: "Psychedelic" sandwich bread, Checkerboard biscuits, Caramelized apple "moelleux" cake, Corsican tarts, Confit of quinces in Macvin, ... All
	Vanilla sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Bounty-style tart for Alison, Cochelin d'Evreux, Old style brioche, Flambéd bananas , Caramelized apple "moelleux" cake, ... All

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