Eton mess

Name: Eton mess
Total time: 15 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 500g strawberries, hulled; 2 tbsp icing sugar; 300ml double cream; 150g plain Greek yogurt; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 6 meringue nests, shop bought

Crushed meringue, whipped cream and macerated strawberries, mixed just before serving. No cooking needed.

Time15 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.90 a head

6 servings

Ingredients

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500 gstrawberrieshulled
2 tbspicing sugar
300 mldouble cream
150 gplain Greek yogurt
1 tspvanilla extract
6meringue nestsshop bought

Method

1
Chop half the strawberries and mix with the icing sugar. Leave for 10 minutes so the juices run.
10 min
2
Blitz or mash the remaining strawberries to a rough purée.
3
Whip the cream to soft peaks, then fold in the yogurt and vanilla.
4
Break the meringues into chunky pieces.
5
Just before serving, gently fold the meringue, cream and chopped strawberries together.
6
Spoon into glasses and swirl through the strawberry purée.

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