What better way to welcome the summer than with a light delicious dessert to accompany a fine glass of fizz? This recipe with Summer Fruits, Meringue, Fruit Coulis and Rose Cream has a nice balance of home made yet easy, light and delicious.
Perfect for a dessert after a BBQ or to follow a light summer dinner, you can prepare most of it in advance so it takes minimal effort to put it all together.
Summer Fruits With Meringue, Fruit Coulis and Rose Cream
A light delicious dessert to accompany a fine glass of fizz? This recipe with Summer Fruits, Meringue, Fruit Coulis and Rose Cream
4
servings30
minutes1
hour30
minutes420
kcalIngredients
A selection of summer fruits such as strawberries, blueberries and raspberries and keep them chilled until you come to serve.
- For the coulis
500 bag frozen mixed summer fruits
150 g granulated sugar
- For the meringues
4 egg whites
100 g caster sugar
100 g icing sugar
- For the rose cream
300 ml double cream
1 tbsp rose water
2 tbsp icing sugar
Directions
- Preheat your oven to 100c/Gas 4
- Line two baking trays with baking paper.
- Use a metal bowl to whisk the egg whites. The bowl must be spotlessly clean otherwise the eggs won’t whisk correctly. Beat the eggs until they stand as stiff peaks.
- Add the caster sugar, a tablespoon at a time, whisking for a couple of seconds in between each addition.
- Sift a third of the icing sugar into the mix but fold this in, don’t whisk. Continue to fold in the remaining mix. Your mixture should look glossy and fluffy.
- Using a tablespoon, drop the mix onto your baking paper making individual meringues.
- Bake for about 1 hour 30 minutes until the meringues are a golden colour. Leave to cool in the oven (now turned off). Use a wooden spoon to keep the door slightly ajar.
- When the Coulis has had time to cool, pass it through a sieve, getting rid of any seeds.
- Now for the cream
- Whip the cream until it thickens, being careful to not over whip.
- Add the rose water and icing sugar, mixing well until all blended.
- As rose water is an acquired taste add a bit at a time, tasting until you have reached your required flavour.
Now you can put them all together and serve 🙂
Enjoy!
