Strawberry & gin Eton mess

Make summer entertaining easy with this grown-up take on the classic British pud. Strawberries look and taste great here, but you can use any seasonal berries.

@AniphaeS

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British Food

 · 18 May 2023

Serves 4
Course Dessert
Prepare 20 mins
Cook - mins
Total time 20 mins
Plus Macerating

Ingredients:

• 3 tbsp Chase Pink Grapefruit & Pomelo Gin (or any other citrus-flavoured gin)
• 3 tbsp icing sugar
• 230g strawberries, hulled and roughly chopped
• 300ml Essential Double Cream
• 250g Essential Low Fat Greek Style Yogurt
• 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
• 4 Cooks' Ingredients Meringue Nest
• A few small mint leaves, to serve

Method:

1. Mix 2 tbsp gin and 1 tbsp icing sugar in a non-metallic mixing bowl. Add the strawberries and leave to macerate for 30 minutes.
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine the cream, yogurt, vanilla and remaining 2 tbsp icing sugar. Whisk until thickened. Just before the cream mixture reaches soft peaks, stir through the remaining 1 tbsp gin. Crumble in the meringue nests and stir together.
3. Spoon equal amounts of the meringue-cream into 4 glasses or bowls and top with a layer of the strawberries. Layer up more meringue-cream and fruit, and scatter with mint leaves to serve.

Cook’s tip

LEFTOVERS

Pink Grapefruit & Pomelo Gin: Pomelo is a fruit similar to grapefruit but larger and slightly sweeter. It helps to give this gin a lovely citrussy flavour – ideal for summer cocktails and martinis.

Nutrition

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Source: https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/recipe/strawberry-gin-eton-mess