Sweet Eve Strawberry and Lavender Eton Mess

The addition of aromatic, fresh lavender flower heads to Sweet Eve strawberries and fresh cream, mixed with meringues, is the perfect taste of summer.

Once you’ve made the meringues, this pudding is so quick to assemble and children can join in too. You can create the pudding hours before your guests arrive, then whip them out of the fridge just before serving.

Serves 4 people

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 1 hour (for the meringue)

You’ll need:

3 egg whites

175g caster sugar

500 ml double cream

2 tbsp icing sugar

4 lavender flower heads, and a few extra for decoration

400g Sweet Eve strawberries

What to do:

Pre-heat the oven to 140°C. Grease and line a baking tray with baking parchment.

Whisk the egg whites in a very clean bowl till stiff. Add the sugar, very slowly, until it is fully mixed in.

Pipe the meringue mixture either in a large circle or two heart shapes on the baking tray. Bake in the oven for approximately one hour, then switch the oven off and leave the meringue in the oven till cool.

In a bowl whisk the cream till stiff and fold in the icing sugar. Finely chop the lavender flower heads and fold into the cream. Chill the mixture in the fridge.

Hull and finely chop all the strawberries and place half of them in a blender. Blend until completely pureed and pass through a sieve in order to remove the seeds.

Break the meringues into small pieces and place in a bowl. Add all the other elements and mix together. Spoon into bowls or vintage tea cups to serve, decorated with extra lavender flowers.

Tip:  If you are short of time, shop bought meringues will work just as well in this recipe!

Recipe by:  www.sweetevestrawberry.co.uk

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