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Eton mess is an English dessert consisting of a mixture of strawberries, pieces of meringue and cream, which is traditionally served at Eton College's annual prize giving celebration picnic on the 4th of June (actually celebrated on the last Wednesday in May). One anecdotal story is that the dessert was invented when a Labrador accidentally sat on a picnic basket in the back of a car on the way to a picnic.

Eton mess was served in the 1930s in the school's "sock shop" (tuck shop), and was originally made with either strawberries or bananas mixed with ice cream or cream. Meringue was a later addition.

The trick to making successful meringues seems to be turning the oven heat down, immediately they go into the oven and then killing the heat after an hour and not touching them until the oven is completely cold. It's something I learned from following Delia Smith and it has served me in good stead ever since. Having said that though, in this recipe it's not so important as you can hide your mistakes under the mess!

Eton mess

Servings:	Serves 6
Calories per serving:	528
Ready in:	3 hours 15 minutes
Prep. time:	15 minutes plus 2 hours cooling
Cook time:	1 hour
Difficulty:
Recipe author:	Chef
First published:	20th January 2013

Best recipe review What Ho! 4.8/5 Capital stuff, 'Old Bean'! Paul R Smith

Ingredients

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175 g (6 oz) golden caster sugar
3 large free range eggs, discard the yolks, only the whites are required
450 g (1 lb) fresh strawberries, stems removed
2 tablespoons of unrefined icing sugar
570 ml (1 pint) double cream

Mise en place

Preheat the oven to 150° C (300° F - gas 2)

Method

This recipe is easier to create using an electric hand-whisk or food processor and the meringues may be best made the day before
Measure the caster sugar and place on a plate
Place the egg whites in a clean bowl and whisk until the peaks are firm
Add the golden caster sugar a tablespoon at a time, not adding more until the previous tablespoon has been combined into the egg whites
Line a baking tray with grease-proof paper and using a tablespoon as a measure, dollop the mixture in rows on to the baking tray
Put the tray on a middle shelf and immediately turn the heat down to 140° C (275° F - gas 1)
Leave them in the oven to bake for 1 hour
After one hour, turn the heat off, but leave them in the oven until it is completely cold
Once you are ready to continue, break up the meringues and layer into a large serving bowl
Chop half of the strawberries, add the icing sugar and blend to a puree in a food processor. If you are fussy you may want to pass the puree through a fine sieve to remove the pips
Chop the remaining strawberries and fold into the double cream
Pour the cream & strawberries over the meringues and make a proper mess by adding the puree!

Serving suggestions

Serve immediately or everything goes soggy, very quickly

Variations

Use fresh raspberries or bananas instead of the strawberries

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Eton mess: Difference between revisions

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