Eton Mess

Name: Eton Mess
Ingredients: 500 g/1 lb raspberries; 500 g/1 lb strawberries; 600 ml/20 fl oz whipping or double cream; 4 tablespoons rose petal jelly, or more to taste; 4 or 5 broken meringue shells; 600 ml/20 fl oz whipping or double cream

Preparation info

serves
10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Scented Kitchen

By Frances Bissell

Published 2012

About

This supremely easy dessert brings together the quintessential flavours of summer. Do not deprive yourself of this delicious flavour combination just because you have no rose petal jelly – simply use rosewater and sugar in place of the rose petal jelly.

Ingredients

500 g/1 lb strawberries
500 g/1

Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Summer

Method

Hull the strawberries and wipe both them and the raspberries. Put the fruit and jelly in a bowl and crush them with the back of a fork. Whip the cream and stir it and the crushed meringue into the fruit. Pile into glasses to serve.