• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

PrettySweet logo

  • Home
  • Recipes
    • Brownies and Bars
    • Cakes
    • Cookies
    • Dessert
    • Cupcakes and Muffins
    • Fried and Pastry
    • Healthy
    • Pies and Tarts
  • About
  • Reviews
  • Contact
Home » Dessert » Eton mess

Eton mess

26. December, 2015 by Dea Leave a Comment

16 shares
  • Share
  • Yummly
  • Tweet
Jump to Recipe

Strawberries, mascarpone, and meringues. Tart, creamy and crunchy. Yum, yum and yum. Quick summery dessert with few ingredients.

Eton mess dessert with strawberries and meringue in a tall glass

Let’s talk meringues. Because of them, the finished dessert should be served right away, otherwise, the meringues get soft and soggy and we don’t want that but you can prepare all the ingredients ahead of time and when you are ready to serve just put everything together. If you want to make this even quicker you can get store-bought meringues but you know, homemade is better :). In this recipe, the amount of meringues varies on the size you pipe them, mine were about 4,5 cm long, piped with a large star tip. If you don’t have a piping bag no worries, you can just put them on a baking paper with a spoon. I ended up not using all of them for eton mess. I snacked on them while making everything else, so if you get tempted to try some of them dig in! Funny thing, I never even liked them, it’s just sugar, egg whites, and vanilla flavor but there is something about them when they come out of the oven.

Eton mess dessert with strawberries and meringue in a tall glass

The ratio of egg whites to sugar is 1:2 and the average weight of an egg white is 30 g. I actually weighed mine and the scale showed  66 g so I used 132 g of sugar but you don’t have to be that specific unless you have really small or big eggs.

For best results have the egg whites at room temperature and add cream of tartar or lemon juice to help stabilize whipped egg whites.

Eton mess dessert with strawberries and meringue

I can’t find caster sugar (also known as superfine sugar but not powdered sugar!) in our shops so I made my own by blitzing regular sugar in a food processor until it was very fine. The coffee grinder would work even better. It’s especially useful for making meringues because it melts and gets incorporated into things much quicker because it’s so fine. 

About mascarpone… Please just buy a good one, I accidentally bought one that tasted like plastic and just… no.

This recipe makes 5 glasses of eton mess, so if you are making it for only 2 persons split the recipe in half.

Check out other strawberries desserts:

Vanilla Cake with Strawberries and Pineapple
Vegan Chocolate Strawberry Mousse Cake
Strawberry Filled Cupcakes with White Chocolate Frosting
Meringue Roulade with Strawberries Rhubarb and Mascarpone
Rhubarb and Strawberry Mascarpone Mousse Cake

Ingredients

Meringues
2 egg whites
125 g caster sugar
1/2 tsp cream of tartar (or lemon juice)
1 tsp vanilla extract

Mascarpone cream
250 g mascarpone cheese
300 g heavy cream
50 g powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract or vanilla seeds
150 g chopped strawberries

Strawberry puree
150 g strawberries
2 tsp sugar
zest of 1 lemon (or orange)
juice of 1/2 lemon (or whole, according to taste)

Instructions 

Meringues
Preheat oven to 150°C and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Whisk the egg whites (starting on low speed) and when they start to foam add cream of tartar and vanilla extract then gradually add sugar. Whisk them on high speed until you get stiff peaks and the sugar is dissolved. Pipe them on baking paper around 4,5 cm big and bake them 25-30 min. They are done when you can lift them off the parchment paper without them sticking.

Mascarpone cream
While meringues are baking you can make the mascarpone cream. In a bowl mix mascarpone cheese so it becomes smooth then add cream while whisking. Whisk for about 2 min and then add powdered sugar and vanilla extract. Mix for 2 min or until sugar is dissolved.

Puree
For the puree just put all the ingredients in a pan and heat until strawberries soften so you can puree them with an immersion blender or just a normal blender.

Assemble
At this point, you can just make a real mess and fold all of the components together and that’s it! But I like my Eton mess slightly less messy so I made it in layers. Roughly crumble half of the meringues and 3 tbsp of puree into the mascarpone and slightly fold. Crumble the other half of the meringues in a separate bowl (you don’t have to use all of them). Make layers in a bigger bowl or in smaller glasses: some puree, cream, crumbled meringues, cream, chopped strawberries, puree, cream, crumbled meringues, strawberries, puree.

Enjoy ^^

 

Eton mess dessert with strawberries and meringue in a tall glass
Print Recipe

Eton mess

Light, refreshing, easy dessert with meringues, mascarpone cheese cream, and strawberries. Delicious in the summer!
Prep Time40 mins
Cook Time30 mins
Total Time1 hr 10 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: english
Keyword: cream, eton mess, mascarpone, meringues, strawberries
Servings: 4 servings
Author: Dea Kepic

Ingredients

Meringues

  • 2 egg whites
  • 125 g caster sugar
  • 1/2 tsp cream of tartar or lemon juice
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Mascarpone cream

  • 250 g mascarpone cheese
  • 300 g heavy cream
  • 50 g powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract or vanilla seeds
  • 150 g chopped strawberries

Strawberry puree

  • 150 g strawberries
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • zest of 1 lemon or orange
  • juice of 1/2 lemon or whole, according to taste

Instructions

Meringues

  • Preheat oven to 150°C and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • Whisk the egg whites (starting on low speed) and when they start to foam add cream of tartar and vanilla extract then gradually add sugar. Whisk them on high speed until you get stiff peaks and the sugar is dissolved.
  • Pipe them on baking paper around 4,5 cm big and bake them 25-30 min. They are done when you can lift them off the parchment paper without them sticking.
  • Mascarpone cream
  • While meringues are baking you can make the mascarpone cream. In a bowl mix mascarpone cheese so it becomes smooth then add cream while whisking. Whisk for about 2 min and then add powdered sugar and vanilla extract. Mix for 2 min or until sugar is dissolved.

Puree

  • For the puree just put all the ingredients in a pan and heat until strawberries soften so you can puree them with an immersion blender or just a normal blender.

Assemble

  • At this point, you can just make a real mess and fold all of the components together and that’s it! But I like my Eton mess slightly less messy so I made it in layers.
  • Roughly crumble half of the meringues and 3 tbsp of puree into the mascarpone and slightly fold.
  • Crumble the other half of the meringues in a separate bowl (you don’t have to use all of them).
  • Make layers in a bigger bowl or in smaller glasses: some puree, cream, crumbled meringues, cream, chopped strawberries, puree, cream, crumbled meringues, strawberries, puree.
  • Enjoy ^^
Tried this recipe?Mention @FreakyBlond or tag #prettysweetblog!

Related posts:

Easy Peach Blueberry Galette
Peach and apricot galette
Strawberry filled Cupcakes with White Chocolate Frosting
Chestnut delight
16 shares
  • Share
  • Yummly
  • Tweet

Filed Under: Dessert, Summer

Previous Post: « Chocolate avocado mousse
Next Post: Vanilla cake with strawberries and pineapple »

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Primary Sidebar

Welcome to my blog!

Hello there! I’m Dea and this is where I share with you my favorite and best dessert recipes. I make sure easy and quick recipes don’t compensate in flavor and that the complex recipes are easy to follow. I hope my recipes can excite you as much as they excite me.
Happy baking! Read More…

Connect with me on social media!

  • Bloglovin
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Subscribe for Pretty Sweet inspiration, tips and recipes!

In Season

Summer galette baked and photographed from birds perspective

Easy Peach Blueberry Galette

Blueberry mousse cake with greek yogurt and flower decoration with a piece being taken away

Blueberry Yogurt Mousse Cake

Strawberry filled cupcakes with a white chocolate whipped ganache swirl on a black round wire rack

Strawberry filled Cupcakes with White Chocolate Frosting

Bitten ice cream cookie sandwiches with ruby and white chocolate stacked on top of each other

Home-made Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches with Chocolate and Macadamia Nut Brittle

Copyright © 2022 PrettySweet on the Foodie Pro Theme

16 shares