Meringue recipes
Crisp on the outside with a soft inside – well-made meringues are a beautiful thing.
Here are some of our best meringue recipes – take your pick from a classic Eton mess, nutty hazelnut meringues and our ever-popular basic meringue recipe.
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Quick and easy desserts
Eton mess
What is Eton Mess? Well...this classic combo of meringue, strawberries and whipped cream is said to have originated at Eton College. Try Debbie Major's foolproof recipe...
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Apple desserts
Îles flottantes au cidre (cider floating islands)
Try our irresistible Îles flottantes: clouds of meringue floating on a zippy cider custard with matchsticks of fresh apple and a cider syrup.
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British puddings
Blueberry queen of puddings with brown sugar meringue
Blueberry queen of puddings is the perfect spring dessert. Baked custard is topped with blueberry jam and a cloud of brown-sugar meringue.
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Pavlova
Mini chocolate and blood orange pavlovas
Need an easy but delicious winter dessert? These mini chocolate and blood orange pavlovas need just six ingredients and 20 mins to assemble.
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Meringue
Kim-Joy’s stem ginger and salted-caramel meringue creature cake
Kim-Joy's stem ginger cake is packed full of ginger flavour, plus thick layers of cream cheese frosting and thick salted caramel. What a joy!
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Lemons
Kim-Joy’s lemon meringue pie bubble bath
Kim-Joy's delightful lemon meringue pie has a buttery biscuit crust, encasing a smooth, tart lemon filling. Top with loads of swiss meringue.
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Christmas gifts
Bejewelled festive torrone (Italian nougat)
This version of torrone (Italian nougat) includes pistachios, almonds, dried apricots and candied peel to create a bejewelled festive treat.
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Mango desserts
Mango and elderflower mess
Based on the modern classic eton mess, this colourful dessert swaps out the more common strawberries for juicy ripe mango, marinated in floral elderflower cordial.
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Almond
Almond cheesecake meringue nests
Scoops of pillowy amaretto-spiked mascarpone top golden sugar meringue nests to make these individual festive desserts.
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Chocolate cakes
Chocolate meringue cake
Chocolate cake topped with chocolate meringue is always a good idea... This gluten-free cake tastes even better the next day: a greay bake to make ahead.
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Easter baking
Lemon meringue shortbread
Marcus Wareing shares a taste of his childhood with this zingy lemon meringue shortbread recipe. Serve with napkins - it can get messy!
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Meringue
Double chocolate meringue tower
Build a teetering double-chocolate meringue tower with our easy recipe. The crisp meringues are served with double cream and chocolate sauce.
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Meringue
Snow eggs with almond crumb, mango sorbet and passion fruit
This snow eggs recipe by Elainea Emmott is a simple showstopper dessert packed with tropical flavour. Meringues float on crème patissière.
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Dinner party desserts
Michel Roux Jr’s Îles flottantes
Master this classic French dessert Îles flottantes which sees a perfect custard topped with meringues then covered in caramel. How you flavour the custard is up to you!
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Platinum Jubilee
Lemon and strawberry meringue cake
Expect gasps when you unveil this gloriously OTT strawberry cake filled with lemon curd, berries and cream and topped with a meringue crown.
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Make-ahead Christmas desserts
Chocolate coconut meringue wreath
This is one epic dessert. A chocolate coconut meringue wreath topped with fruit curd, chocolate cream, toasted coconut and melted chocolate.
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