Simplest strawberry mess
Simplest strawberry mess
SERVES 6
First hull 800g strawberries and set aside 500g. Place remaining 300g berries in a blender with 40g icing sugar and a squeeze of lemon juice. Whiz to a purée and sieve into a bowl. Quarter the reserved berries and fold into the sieved purée. Whisk 450ml whipping cream until stiff. In a deep 20cm trifle bowl, roughly layer the cream and strawberry mixture with about 120g mini meringues, gently messing up the layers to give a swirly effect. Finish with extra meringues and edible rose petals. Alternatively, arrange the individual elements in a wide shallow serving dish, as in the picture, and mess everything up as you serve.
