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Title: Recipe Review - Blueberry Eton Mess - Baby & Toddler Book p184
Post by: Tasty on July 14, 2014, 02:36:59 pm

Yum! Yum! Yum! Why has no one ever told me how good these taste??!!

This is my first attempt at meringues. I usually have an aversion to meringues and pavlovas and that kind of stuff and I could never understand why there were so popular......I think I understand now! Must've just had bad experiences.

I followed the instructions exactly. I almost skipped the part about doing a vinegar water clean first but since I had to bring some leftover egg whites to room temperature.....I thought I may as well. The only reason I made this recipe is because I had leftover egg whites and cream from making portugese custard tarts. I had 5 leftover and worked it out that 3 egg whites must equal about 100g. I'm not sure what meringues are meant to look like if they're good or if they've failed but these tasted delicious so I'm assuming they worked out!

I didn't make the blueberry sauce recommended but rather just heated up blueberries and maple syrup quickly in a small frypan.

So all up it takes at least 2.5 hours to make these. Oh and I used caster sugar instead of grinding up raw sugar too.

Definitely worth making. If you serve 6 they make rather large servings and I had two of these so I'm feeling very stuffed and kinda regret having the second now. Anyway, here is a photo:

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Title: Re: Recipe Review - Blueberry Eton Mess - Baby & Toddler Book p184
Post by: judydawn on July 14, 2014, 03:09:21 pm

I've not tried Eton Mess myself Tasty but that looks very tasty, no pun intended LOL

Title: Re: Recipe Review - Blueberry Eton Mess - Baby & Toddler Book p184
Post by: JulieO on July 14, 2014, 10:12:07 pm

Looks lovely Tasty.  :D

Title: Re: Recipe Review - Blueberry Eton Mess - Baby & Toddler Book p184
Post by: cookie1 on July 15, 2014, 02:02:47 am

I've never had Eton Mess either. I think it may have been invented when meringues or pavlova's break up. The ingredients would go really well together so I'm sure it would taste lovely.
The only time I have success with whipping egg whites in the thermomix is when I do the vinegar clean bit.  :)

Title: Re: Recipe Review - Blueberry Eton Mess - Baby & Toddler Book p184
Post by: Kimmyh on July 15, 2014, 02:14:21 am

I've never tried it either but yours looks yummy tasty.

Title: Re: Recipe Review - Blueberry Eton Mess - Baby & Toddler Book p184
Post by: BeezeeBee on July 15, 2014, 05:23:30 am

Yum!

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Post by: Jamberie on July 15, 2014, 08:23:03 am

I love eton mess, I'll have to give it a go :) thanks for the review :)