Eton mess
Behind this strange name there lurks a delicious traditional English dessert made of meringues, strawberries and cream.
159K 5/5 based on 14 reviews
Last modified on: July 25th 2010
Keywords for this recipe: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
How long will it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Start to finish |
|---|---|
| 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,.
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).
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 value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,189 Kcal or 4,978 Kj | 11 gr | 273 gr | 60 gr |
| 59 % | 4 % | 26 % | 9 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 202 Kcal or 846 Kj | 2 gr | 46 gr | 10 gr |
| 10 % | 1 % | 4 % | 2 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 297 Kcal or 1,243 Kj | 3 gr | 68 gr | 15 gr |
| 15 % | 1 % | 6 % | 2 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 2.84 €
- Per person : 0.71 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Strawberries: 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 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 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 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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