The flavours and dash of booze in here make it not very childish, but I called it 'historically childish' as it is believed that Eton mess was invented by Eton school boys, who mashed up their neat little meringue nests filled with strawberries and cream to a mushy delight, much more delicious than the formal original.
Whatever, this tastes fab.
1)Whisk up about 400ml double cream with 1 tbsp icing sugar, two balls of finely chopped stem ginger in syrup, some splashes of trashy ginger wine to taste (or up the stem ginger and use brandy, rum or sweet sherry, or nothing at all, whatever you like), the seeds and juice of three passion fruit and whisk it until softly thick. I'm not athletic at all, and this thickened without strain by hand. Fold in about 6 crushed meringue nests, then serve in little bowls topped with more crushed meringue and passion fruit. I wish you were able to see the vibrant orange/yellow of this, and taste it through the picture, but my camera is terrible.
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