This is a twist on two very traditional English puddings. First the old pudding called Eton Mess, which was invented at the very posh school, Eton, and is made by mixing together bashed-up meringue, fresh strawberries and cream. Second the traditional Cornish cream tea served down in the south-west of England, which is scones with strawberry jam and clotted cream. The scones act like a sponge, but you could use cookies or meringue.
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Edith from Australia, watched Mr O make this on his show and loved it.
I watched Mr O make this on his show and loved it.
I made this recipe with meringue, shop bought, with double cream whipped with vanilla sugar (as i could not get Cornish clotted cream) with strawberries and raspberries, it was the best desert i have tasted, thank you
You only feel 2 inches tall if you give yourself permission to feel 2 inches tall!!!
Kim-Australia, what you mean by adding some lol's and happy faces in the TEXT?! Get a life and see a shrink cause what you suffer from is a mental disorder!
Laine - England...... there are nicer ways to inform some one they have made a mistake. there is no need to make someone feel only 2 inches tall!! Kim - Australia
This is not a traditional Eton Mess. The most delicious way is to omit the SCONES (never heard of Eton Mess with scones which would not be very sweet) and make or buy some MERANGUES or Merangue shells although the store bought ones are completely tasteless compared with merangues that you would make yourself. They are easy to make and are crushed into the srawberries and cream to create the aforementioned mess. This is the most fabulous dessert on the planet if you make your own merangues. Laine - Australia (ex-pate Englishwoman)
Laine - Australia....you seem to have missed the point! As stated, the recipe is a twist on 2 traditional English desserts, i.e. giving a new slant, a different take, hence the title of the book, "Oliver's Twist"! Eton Mess is equally delicious using raspberries, meringues, cream and framboise, is raspberry liqueur! Laine - England