Cookbook:Eton Mess
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| Category: | Dessert recipes |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Time: | 10 minutes |
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Cookbook | Recipes | Dessert | Cuisine of the United Kingdom
Eton mess is a dessert of English origin consisting of a mixture of strawberries, pieces of meringue and cream, which is traditionally served[1] at Eton College's annual prize-giving celebration picnic on the "Fourth of June" (actually celebrated on the last Wednesday in May).[2]
[edit] Recipe
[edit] Ingredients
- 4 medium-sized meringues
- 280 ml double cream
- 50 g icing sugar
- 10 ml (1 tbsp) vanilla essence
- 150 ml Greek yoghurt
- 500 g strawberries
[edit] Method
- Rinse the strawberries, remove the tops and cut into halves.
- Break the meringues into pieces (not too small) and place into a bowl.
- Put the double cream, vanilla essence and icing sugar into a bowl and whip until reasonably stiff.
- Combine the cream, yoghurt, strawberries and meringue, being careful not to mash the meringue into pieces that are too small.
- Serve in bowls.
[edit] Notes
- ā Glossary CāG. JoyofBaking.com. Retrieved on 10 July 2007.
- ā Dates of Halves. Eton College. Retrieved on 6 December 2007. Eton Glossary. Eton College. Retrieved on 6 December 2007.
[edit] External links
- Recipe for Eton mess from JoyofBaking.com
- Recipe for Eton mess from Epicurious
- Recipe for Eton mess by Jean-Christophe Novelli from UKTV Food's Food Uncut
- Recipe for Eton mess by Delia Smith from Delia Online
- Recipe for Eton mess by Antony Worral Thompson from BBC's Saturday Kitchen
- Recipe for Eton mess by Brian Turner from BBC's Ready Steady Cook
