Frozen Meringue & Strawberry Cake
Festive Christmas Dessert Recipe
6
Serves
40 mins
Prep Time
40 mins
Cook Time
Recipe author
Norka Mella Munoz
This could be the most festive and eye appealing Christmas dessert ever! With thin layers of crunchy meringue sandwiched between soft, sweet strawberry cream and topped with quenelles of whipped cream and freshly picked strawberries. This dessert will be a family favourite and the sweetest of treats to finish off your Christmas celebration.
This recipe was created as part of a special Christmas Menu that you can download here.
This could be the most festive and eye appealing Christmas dessert ever! With thin layers of crunchy meringue sandwiched between soft, sweet strawberry cream and topped with quenelles of whipped cream and freshly picked strawberries. This dessert will be a family favourite and the sweetest of treats to finish off your Christmas celebration.
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Ingredients
Frozen Meringue
300g (approximately 8 size-seven eggs) egg whites
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300g caster sugar
300g icing sugar
sifted
Filling
1 litre cream
whipped
100g caster sugar
2 punnets (approx 500g) strawberries
pureed in a blender
To Decorate
300–500ml cream
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whipped
1 punnet (approx 250g) strawberry
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or mixed berries
Method
Frozen Meringue
To Assemble
Tip: How to make Whipped Cream Quenelles
1
In a bowl blend together the egg whites and caster sugar until small bubbles begin to appear in the mixture.
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2
Then add the icing sugar and mix for a further 2 minutes.
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3
When the meringue is forming soft peaks place into a piping bag.
4
Choose a serving plate roughly the size of a large dinner plate (28cm).
5
Lay out three sheets of baking paper. Working with one at a time place each sheet of baking paper over your serving plate.
6
Beginning from the outside of the circle, pipe the mixture around and around until you reach the centre making a large circle.
7
Make three of these and bake in oven at 120°C for 40 minutes.
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Turn the oven off and leave overnight.
