A fresh dessert with good seasonal fruits: theEton strawberry mess. Inside, a beautiful compote of strawberries, a creamy whipped cream and pieces of homemade meringue… Impossible to resist, you too will love to dip your spoon in it, I'm sure!

You need to test this recipe, just for the delicious smell of strawberries which stew in the pan… A pure delight! Strawberries and I are crazy love: in the vegetable garden, I planted ten feet of strawberries which (luckily) give a lot of fruit each year. It is therefore perfect for making easy desserts like this Eton mess.

What is Eton mess exactly?

As the name suggests, it is a english dessert. A traditional recipe that will certainly remind you of pavlova: it contains the same ingredients! The advantage of the Eton mess over the Pavlova is the more imperfect result that we want to obtain. No need to refine everything, you just have to drop the different parts in the glass and it's ready!

Sometimes we see it presented in large cuts, for a family size. I chose to serve them in individual glasses. Here I suggest you make your small homemade meringues. Those in a hurry can opt for store-bought meringues.

What ingredients to use for this strawberry Eton mess?

To prepare small meringues, You will only need 4 ingredients:

• egg whites at room temperature
• granulated sugar
• vinegar (so that they hold together better)
• pinch of salt.

For the game strawberry compote, you will need 4 ingredients:

• strawberries (I chose gariguettes)
• light brown sugar
• cornstarch
• lemon juice.

Finally, to achieve light whipped cream, you will need 3 ingredients:

• whole cream
• icing sugar
• vanilla pod

How to easily prepare this Eton mess recipe?

We start by preparing the meringues, because they have to cool down later. We whip the egg whites and pour the sugar in little by little rain. All the sugar must be well dissolved to the touch. We fill a pastry bag with this meringue then we put small domes on a baking sheet. Cooking is done at low temperature, but for a long time.

To make the strawberry compote, we also do it in advance so that it cools well. In a small saucepan, place some of the strawberries cut in 4, the brown sugar, the lemon juice and the water. We heat over medium heat so that the strawberries release their juice well. Then we mix and we go to Chinese. It only remains to add the remaining pieces of strawberries and coat them with the sauce.

For training, it suffices to alternate textures in the glass. A nice spoonful of whipped cream, then pieces of meringue, a dose of strawberry sauce and we start again to the top of the glass.

Since there is meringue, and we want to keep the crunchy side as much as possible, we have to do the assembly at the last minute. Otherwise, the meringues melt in the whipped cream.

Other recipes to try

If you like this kind of easy and fruity recipes, then I also recommend these other recipes from the blog: the Strawberry rhubarb tart crumble style, Peach strawberry fondant cake with ricotta, Strawberry mango pineapple smoothie, Lemon strawberry cupcakes, No-bake strawberry speculoos cheesecake.

I really hope you like this Eton mess recipe… If you make it, don't hesitate to tag @liliebakery on Instagram so I can see your lovely desserts!