Although we call it a summer fruit Eton mess, you could add winter berries and make it a winter berry Eton mess. There are just so many variations you can create with the Spice Drops®.
INGREDIENTSMETHOD
Ingredients:
- 100g fresh raspberries
- 100g strawberries, washed, hulled and cut into quarters or sliced.
- 100g blackcurrants
- 50g cherries, halved and stones removed
- 40ml Kirsch or another fruit brandy
- 4 drops Vanilla Spice Drops®
- 2 drops Saffron Spice Drops®
- 600ml double cream
- 30g icing or confectioner’s sugar
- 2 drops Rose Spice Drops®
- 3 meringue nests, broken into small pieces by hand
- Mix the prepared fruit in a bowl.
- In another small bowl, mix the brandy and Vanilla Spice Drops® and Saffron Spice Drops® and add to the prepared fruits. Leave to marinate for an hour.
- Take the cream in a bowl and add the icing sugar and Rose Spice Drops® to it. Whip this mixture until it starts to form soft peaks.
- Just before serving, fold in the meringue pieces and then the fruit into the cream.
- Fold it gently so the fruit juices form gentle ribbons in the cream.
- Serve in a bowl, garnishing with fresh berries.