Eton Mess with White Chocolate Pieces
It’s been a scorcher today, the hottest day of the year in fact, and what I really wanted to be doing was lying out in a lusciously green park with a good book and a bottle of chilled wine, lazily watching the world go by. What I didn’t want to be doing was rushing from meeting to meeting, grabbing a sandwich to hurriedly eat at my desk, responding to emails all day and travelling home on a hot, airless train, sticky and uncomfortable. Guess which one was my reality - along with the thousands of other London office workers who wished they could be somewhere else today.
But this evening I can be transported to that green park by the delicious and very English summer pudding that I’ve made up which awaits me after I’ve eaten dinner: Eton mess. Traditionally served at Eton College on 4th June, this sticky, gooey pudding is a delightful mixture of strawberries, broken meringues and whipped cream. It is a mess, hence the name, but it tastes great.
Tonight I’ve added, very untraditionally, white chocolate pieces for an extra treat, and I'm entering it into June's 'In the Bag' event. The bag contained strawberries and white chocolate and if this pudding has got your juices flowing you’ll be pleased to hear that the deadline for entries has been extended to Sunday 6th July.
7 comments:
Looks lovely. It rained in Cornwall all afternoon!!!
Hi Julia. I've been glancing through your blog for a couple of months now..not creepy I hope. It's a little fix of England when I wax nostalgic for my very amazing trips to your country.
This looks fabulous. I will be trying this one-thanks for sharing! Cheers.
~Mary
Oh that looks so good...we have tons of fresh strawberries as we have been picking at the farms. I love all the great dishes to be made with strawberries...and I love eating things that look like a mess:)
Oh Julia you little devil! This looks very summery and sinful. I feel your pain with the London stickiness - the train being one of the worst places. Except of course the dreaded tube...
I´m longing to make this dessert. So simple and yet so yummi.
Beth - looks like we've got the rain now. I hope we're not going to have another rainy summer.
Hi Marymary - not creepy at all, I'm very pleased to have you here!
Trulie Scrumptious - how fab to pick your own!
Hi Helen - haha, very sinful indeed!
You must try it Monica - it's so easy and scrumptious!
Suggest you puree a few strawberries and pour it over everything - makes a huge difference and helps cut the sweet richness of cream/meringue.
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