World Cuisines: Eton Mess (England)

Eton mess is a traditional English dessert made up of strawberries, meringue and cream. This dessert can be made with any of your favorite fruits. Richard and Keith, thank you for introducing this to us. A funny aside, I though it was called Eatin' Mess:)

Makes 2 portions.

Ingredients:
2 bananas peeled
8 strawberries, hull removed
1/2 cup raspberries
1/2 blueberries 
1 meringue nest, crushed
200 ml double cream
pinch of brown sugar (optional) 

Preparation:
- Whip cream until stiff. 
- Add meringue into the cream and gently mix.
- Cut the strawberries and bananas into slices. 
- Put all the fruit into bowls or any desert cups.
- Stir cream into fruit gently or layer fruit and cream.
- Sprinkle the top with brown sugar.
- Decorate as you wish, e.g. mint leaves.