Eton Mess-- An English dessert of Meringue, Cream and Strawberries

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This dessert has ir all sweet tart berrys, crunchy sweet meringue and creamy luscious mounds of strawberrie streaked whipped cream!

Eton Mess-- An English dessert of Meringue, Cream and Strawberries

This dessert has ir all sweet tart berrys, crunchy sweet meringue and creamy luscious mounds of strawberrie streaked whipped cream!

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Ingredients

1 hour
  1. 1FOR MERINGUE
  2. 3 largeegg whites at room temperature
  3. 1/2 cupgranulated sugar
  4. 1/2 tspvanilla extract
  5. 1/8 tspsalt
  6. 1FOR BERRIES
  7. 1 lbfresh strawberries, hulled and sliced
  8. 1/2 cupfresh blueberries
  9. 1/2 cupgranulated sugar, divided use, half will be used for the strained strawberries the other half to sweeten the sliced strawberries and blueberries
  10. 1FOR THE WHIPPED CREAM
  11. 1 1/2 cupheavy whipping cream
  12. 1/4 cupconfectioners sugar
  13. 1 tspvanilla extract
  14. 1 1/2 tspunflavored gelatin
  15. 1FOR GARNISH
  16. 1/2 cupchocolate shavings

Cooking Instructions

1 hour
  1. 1

    MAKE MERINGUES

  2. 2

    Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Preheat the oven to 275

  3. 3

    In a large bowl beat egg whites until soft peaks, slowly add sugar, and salt and beat until stiff, add vanilla and beat in. Place 4 mounda of meringue on parchment paper. Smooth out into 1/4 inch rounds leaving a bit of space between them. Bake 1 hour, turn off oven keep door closed and leave until oven is cold, at least 2 hours. Remove from oven, cut between parchment keeping parchment attached and store in air tight containers. (keeping the parchment attached will keep the meringues from breaking until needed). This can be done up to 4 days in advance.

  4. 4

    MAKE BERRIES

  5. 5

    Place 3/4 of the strawberries in a blender and puree, strain out seeds, add 1/4 cup sugar to them, chill.

  6. 6

    Combine remaing sliced strawberries and blueberries in a bowl, add remaing 1/4 cup sugar and let sit to extract juice than chill.

  7. 7

    The berries can be prepared a day in advance

  8. 8

    FOR WHIPPED CREAM

  9. 9

    In a small heatproof bowl add 1 1/2 tablespoons cold water, add gelatin, soften 1 minute than place in a pan of simmering water just until dissolved and clear, remove to use while still liquid.

  10. 10

    In a chilled bowl, whip cream to soft peaks add confectioners sugar, vanilla and liquid gelatin, beat until stiff.

  11. 11

    Add about 1/4 cup of strawberrie puree and fold just to make a streaky look. Chill, because of the gelatin this whipped cream is stable abd should las a day or two.

  12. 12

    TO ASSEMBLE ETON MESS

  13. 13

    Right before serving, remive meringue from parchment, break into bite size pieces. Place in serving glass add some of the strawberrie blueberrie mix and some whipped cream and very gently fold, top with a bit more whipped cream, garnish with chocolate shavings and pieces of meringue.

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“Fenway” passed away on 2/3/2021. For the last year she tried to teach her husband of 42 years how to cook like her. Although I will never be as good of a cook as her she did pass on her passion for cooking. Therefore, I will attempt to carry on her legacy and maintain/update her site. My wife was a Registered Nurse, a licensed deep water aerobics instructor, a mother to our 2 children and a fantastic cook. We grew up in New England but have been fortunate to live all over the US. I am now retired, missing her terribly, but thankful for all the years we had together and all her cooking lessons.
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