Eton mess
- Dessert
- Medium
- 4
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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Marcus Wareing's Eton mess recipe is a remarkably stylish take on a classic summer dessert from one of Britain's most celebrated chefs. Along with the Eccles Cake recipe this is one of Marcus's classic dishes that is often on the menu at The Gilbert Scott.
Ingredients
Meringues
- 80g of egg white
- 80g of caster sugar
- 80g of icing sugar
- 1 handful of freeze-dried raspberries , optional
Eton mess
- 2 punnets of raspberries
- 200ml of cream, lightly whipped
- 2 tbsp of raspberry jam
- 25ml of raspberry liqueur, optional
Equipment
- Blender
- Piping bag and nozzle
Method
1
Preheat the oven to 100°C/lowest gas mark setting
2
Whisk the egg whites until very stiff then gradually add the caster sugar. Beat until incorporated, then add the icing sugar and whisk until combined. Place in a piping bag and pipe large domes onto a baking tray lined with parchment paper
- 80g of egg white
- 80g of caster sugar
- 80g of icing sugar
3
Place the meringues in the oven for 1 hour, or until the outer shell is firm. Whilst still warm, scoop out all of the soft meringue inside and discard so you are left with just the shells
4
For the raspberry sauce, blend ½ a punnet of raspberries into a purée and pass through a fine sieve to remove the seeds
5
To assemble the the Eton messes, slice the rest of the raspberries in half then gently fold into the cream with the raspberry jam and the raspberry liqueur, if using. Fill the meringue shells with the ‘mess’ ingredients, place on a bed of raspberry sauce and serve
- 25ml of raspberry liqueur
- 1 1/2 punnets of raspberries
- 200ml of cream, lightly whipped
- 2 tbsp of raspberry jam
6
Lightly crush the freeze-dried raspberries and sprinkle over the meringues
- 1 handful of freeze-dried raspberries
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