What a Mess!

A few weeks ago at Covent Garden, we shared a traditional British dessert called Eton Mess.
Say it with me, folks.   "It was... Nummy!"

And by "shared" I mean I grabbed on to the cup, snapped the 2nd spoon in half, hunched over in a corner

and scarfed up the lovely, strawberry goodness...

periodically snarling at Matt when he asked for a bite.  

 According to Wikipedia, Eton Mess was served at Eton College cricket games back in the 30's.

It's a combination of meringue, strawberries and cream.  

On Easter, we decided to make our own version of Eton Mess.  

 If you Google it, there are tons of recipes.

Some get all fancy and include vanilla, pomegranate juice, port or ice cream, among other things.

We kept our version very simple.  

I sliced up some strawberries

and covered them in granulated sugar.  

Then stirred it up and let it set

in the fridge for an hour or so

to get nice and syrupy. 

I was lazy smart and purchased the two strawberry meringues from Carluccio's around the corner. 

Rumor has it that you can actually make these lovelies at home from scratch!  

Pfft.  But, I'm not buyin' it.

These are hard meringues,

 versus the soft meringue mom whips up at home to put on top of pies.

They are baked and crunchy and dee-lish

with some soft, gooey goodness goin' on in the middle.

We mixed everything together...

 added a little bit of cream and there you have it.  Eton Mess

I was making noises with each bite and Matt had three servings, 

so I think it was a success.  

We finished it off for breakfast the next morning.

 It was a wonderful Easter treat and we will be perfecting our recipe in the future.

I am certainly no foodie blogger,

but I wanted to share this special English treat that is Eton Mess.

Are you going to try it?

xoxo

Selena