Low FODMAP Eton Mess
Traditional English summer dessert
Servings: 4
Calories: 393kcal
Cost: $
Ingredients
For the filling
- 4 meringues*
- 100 grams strawberries
- 100 grams raspberries
- 300 mls lactose free whipping cream 40%
For the sauce (optional)
- 100 grams chopped strawberries
- 35 grams sugar
- 12 grams lemon juice
- 1-2 tbsp water
Instructions
For the sauce
- Add the strawberries, sugar, lemon juice and water to a small saucepan.
- Bring to a boil, and then simmer on a medium heat for 10 minutes. Take off the heat.
- Over a bowl, press the sauce through a fine-meshed sieve. You may need to use a spoon to gently scrape the last bits off the sauce off of the bottom of the sieve.
- Set aside and let cool for a few minutes while moving onto the rest of the dessert.
Assembling the dessert
- Crumble up the meringues and place about half of them at the bottom of 4 dessert glasses.
- Whip 300 mls of lactose-free whipping cream (40%) and spoon about half of the mixture on top of the meringues in 4 dessert glasses
- Quarter the strawberries and place half of them and half of the raspberries on top of the cream in the 4 dessert glasses.
- Drizzle about half of the sauce over the fruit in the 4 dessert glasses.
- Repeat these steps for another layer in the dessert glasses finishing with using up the rest of the sauce drizzled over the top of the dessert.
- You'll want to serve this dessert relatively quickly as the meringue will start to soften. It should be fine to prepare this just ahead of serving your main course, and saving in the fridge until you want to serve it. But for best results you should serve immediately to make sure you meringue is nice and crunchy!
Notes
The sauce makes a fair amount. We ended up using about 15 grams of sauce per portion. You can of course split it between the 4 portions and still be within the Low FODMAP limits for strawberries (25 grams fresh strawberries and 25 grams strawberries in the sauce per portion) but it is a rather generous helping. We like to have leftovers for the sauce as it is great for other recipes.
*Check out our Low FODMAP Meringue recipe to make your own, they are super easy to make and much tastier than shop bought ones!