Seasonal local food recipe No.281 – Cheat’s Eton mess
Who wants to spend ages slaving over a hot kitchen stove when the weather is good? If you use shop bought meringue nests this tasty pudding can be knocked up in no time at all.
Serves 3-4
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
250 g strawberries, hulled
300 ml double cream
1/2 Tbs icing sugar
1 packet meringue nests
Method
Chop half the strawberries, place them in a blender with the icing sugar and whiz to a puree. Whip the double cream to the floppy stage. Chop the rest of the strawberries and break up the meringue nests into roughly 2.5 cm pieces. Fold together the cream, meringue pieces and most of the puree to give a marbled effect. Serve immediately with the rest of the puree poured over.
