Eton Mess

Name: Eton Mess
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Great Britain
Ingredients: ⅓ cup (2⅓ ounces), sugar; 1 teaspoon, cornstarch; 2 , large egg whites; ¼ teaspoon, vanilla extract; Pinch , table salt; 1½ pounds, strawberries, hulled and quartered (4½ cups), divided; 3 tablespoons, sugar, divided; 1 tablespoon, lemon juice; 1½ cups, heavy cream, chilled; 1 tablespoon, sugar

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2023

Desserts or Baked Goods

Great Britain

Fruit

Subtle tweaks to the berries, cream, and meringue smarten up Eton's iconic dessert.

SERVES6

TIME2¼ hours, plus 1 hour 20 minutes cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Eton mess, the iconic English mash-up of macerated strawberries, swoopy cream, and broken meringue, is considered a throw-together dessert, but taking care to balance the components makes their sublime contrast shine. To produce thoroughly,...

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