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Low Fat Eton Mess

downtonabbeycooks · June 22, 2018 ·

If you are pressed for time, this is a great easy dessert to make, and particularly wonderful to serve in the summer. And if you are trying to eat low fat, this version is for you.

The generally accepted story is that the strawberry, meringue and cream pudding was dropped at an Eton v Harrow cricket match in the late 19th century. Rather than waste the food, it was simply scooped up off the floor and served, smashed to bits, in individual bowls.


Low Fat Eton Mess

If you are pressed for time, this is a great easy dessert to make. Traditionally made with whipped cream, you can reduce the fat by substituting with greek yogurt.
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Total Time 10 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine English
Servings 4 services

Ingredients
  

  • 4 cups strawberries
  • 1 1/2 cups non fat plain greek yogurt, flavoured with honey
  • 4 large meringue cookies or nests
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Instructions
 

  • Hull and chop half the strawberries, and place into a bowl. Roughly mash and add the sugar and leave to macerate (marinate) for 10 minutes.
  • Roughly crumble in three meringue nests — you will need chunks for texture, as well as a little fine dust. Leave one cookie to garnish.
  • Fold into the marinated strawberries into meringued cream.
  • Place the remaining strawberries, meringue yogurt mixture and into a lglass bowl or individual serving dishes. Top with remaining strawberries and meringue.

Notes

History Lesson

The generally-accepted story is that the strawberry, meringue and cream pudding was dropped at an Eton v Harrow cricket match in the late 19th century. Rather than waste the food, it was simply scooped up off the floor and served, smashed to bits, in individual bowls.
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Filed Under: Dessert, Fun Food History, Summer, Upstairs with the Crawleys, Wimbledon Tagged With: Abbey Cooks Entertain, Downton Abbey, Downton Abbey Cookbook, Downton Abbey entertaining, Downton Abbey Party Food, Downton Abbey recipes, Edwardian cooking, Eton Mess, Garden Party Food, strawberry

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