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Gino D'Acampo’s Strawberry Mess

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Gino D'Acampo’s Strawberry Mess

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Strawberry meringue and ice cream
 

Ingredients

  • Cointreau liqueur to taste
  • 200g greek style yoghurt, thick
  • 15g icing sugar sifted
  • 6 meringues ready made and plain
  • 800g strawberries fresh and ripe
  • 200g Viennetta ice cream
Serves: 4       whats this
 

Directions

  1. Wash, dry and hull the strawberries. If they are large halve them.
  2. Place 600g of strawberries in a large bowl and pour over 2 tablespoons of the liqueur. Dust with icing sugar, mix gently and chill for an hour.Place 600g of strawberries in a large bowl and pour over 2 tablespoons of the liqueur. Dust with icing sugar, mix gently and chill for an hour.
  3. Place the remaining 200g of strawberries in a food processor and blitz into a puree adding a dash of liqueur to taste, then chill.
  4. Cut the Viennetta into 1 cm cubes and place into a large bowl, fold in the yoghurt and chill.
  5. Roughly crush the meringues into bit-sized pieces and set aside. When you are ready to serve, gently toss the Viennetta, meringue and strawberries together.
  6. Divide between 4 tall dessert glasses. Drizzle over the strawberry puree.

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