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Today, I took part to a new food challenge and the theme was "exotic fruit". I didn't think long, I love exotic fruit and my favorite one is mango!
I also love Pavlova but I had never prepared its British cousin, the Eton Mess so I went for it today. What I like in Eton Mess is that you build it as you want, in the same order as the Pavlova or "in a mess".
By the way, did you know that one legend says that the Eton Mess was born when families were visiting their children in Eton, near London, they dropped a Pavlova they were bringing but succeeded to save it and brought it "in a mess", who knows? ^_^
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I put vanilla in my meringue for once and it was good, I also didn't had sugar in my whipped cream because I wanted this dessert to be fresh and light but you can of course add some. Be sure to use ripe fruit so that they're sweet enough.
With the following quantities, I made 2 large desserts but you can prepare 3 less big of them but you can put more meringue, less cream, more fruit, really as you wish. I also added organic dried mallow flowers for the decoration, it's optional of course.
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Mango Passion Eton Mess
Prep time : 5 minutes + 5 minutes + 10 minutes
Cook time : 1 hour
Serving : 2 to 3 people
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Meringue
- 2 egg whites at room temperature
- 120 g (4,2 oz) powdered sugar
- a few drops lemon juice
- I followed this recipe I use each time (except for the Pavlova), here. It's only in French so far but you can use the translation button :-)
Whipped cream
- 20 cl (7 fl oz) 30 % fat whipping or heavy cream real cold
- icing sugar (optional)
- All your material must be real cold, put your whisks and a mixing bowl - in glass or stainless-steel is better - in the fridge of freezer about 20 minutes before, your cream must also be cold. You can also put a bag full of ice under the mixing bowl if your kitchen is quite warm - if you cooked before for example.
- Pour the whipping cream in the mixing bowl and whisk!
- Your whipped cream is ready when it doesn't slide anymore in the bowl when you turn it over and the cream must do like a "bird beak" at the end of the whisks.
- Careful not to whisk the cream too long or it will turn into butter, yes, really...
- If you want to make a "chantilly", just add icing sugar, very softly, at the end with a spatula (about 30 to 50 g/1,05 to 1,75 oz for a 20 cl carton cream).
Assembling
- 1 ripe mango
- 2 to 3 ripe passion fruit(you can see they are when they're crumpled)
- Put some crumbled meringue in the bottom of a large glass, cover with the whipped cream, add pieces of mango and some passion fruit and proceed to these three staps again.
- Or... assemble your Eton Mess as you want, after all, we're talking about a "mess"!
- Chose your favorite spoon and dive it in!
- You can assemble the desserts some time before serving but not too much or the meringue could go soft.
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Oh my gosh that looks so good! I never really knew what an Eton Mess was, but now I want to make one myself. If you liked your meringue with vanilla extract, may I suggest a tiny splash of almond extract next time? It does great things for fruit. PINNING!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you'll for it!
DeleteThanks for the tip Dorothy, I'll try next time! :-)
Wow this is pretty! So colorful and I bet the textures are so fabulous! Great for Mother's Day!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Debi, I'm glad you like it :-)
DeleteThey are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThank you :-)
DeleteI have never heard of this dessert but it looks so good...I need to try it soon.
ReplyDeleteOh great, I'm glad to make you discover it so! :-)
DeleteI love Eton Mess and your mango-passion fruit version is totally delightful!
ReplyDeleteOh great, thanks! :-)
DeleteLooks just beautiful and bet tastes so good - so pretty!
ReplyDeleteThank you Debra! Yes it was indeed :-D
DeleteI haven't had passion fruit in so long, I'd love to try this. What a great spin on a classic.
ReplyDeleteThank you Janette, glad you like it!
DeleteSuch a pretty yet simple dessert to make! So good for you too. :)
ReplyDeleteI agree! Thank you :-)
DeleteWhat an elegant and delicious dessert!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Katerina! :-)
DeleteLove the mango and passion fruit combination! This dessert looks so pretty and tasty!
ReplyDeleteThank you Divya! :-)
DeleteSuch a lovely dessert with a tropical twist! Yum!
ReplyDeleteThank you Lori! ;-)
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