Eton Mess
Recipe courtesy Nigella Lawson, 2007
4 cups strawberries
2 teaspoons caster or vanilla sugar
2 teaspoons pomegranate juice
2 cups whipping cream
1 packet individual meringue nests
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and chop the strawberries and put into a bowl and add the sugar and
pomegranate juice and leave to macerate while you whip the cream.
Whip the cream in a large bowl until thick but still soft. Roughly
crumble in 4 of the meringues nests - you will need chunks for texture
as well as a little fine dust. Take out about half a cupful of the chopped strawberries, and fold the meringue cream and rest of the fruit mixture together.
Arrange on 4 serving plates or glasses or in a mound, and top each with some of the remaining macerated strawberries. Notes: I used balsamic vinegar instead of the pomegranate juice and used regular granulated sugar. I love meringues, so I knew I would love this "pudding" as she calls it. I didn't find meringue nests, but did find meringue cookies in the bakery section of my grocery store. I don't know how many I added, but it wasn't quite enough.
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