Eton Mess - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb ripe strawberries, hulled and halved or quartered
2 tbsp sugar
2 1/2 cups cream
8 None ready-made meringue cookies

Preparation

Place strawberries in a bowl, sprinkle over 1 tbsp sugar and toss well. Stand for 20 mins, tossing from time to time.
Roughly chop one-quarter of the strawberries and set aside separately to the remaining strawberries.
Whip the cream and 1 tbsp sugar until forming stiff peaks. Reserve 1 meringue nest for decoration and crumble the remaining meringues into the cream. Add the chopped strawberries and fold in.
Lightly fold in the remaining halved or quartered strawberries, reserving a few for decoration.
Arrange mixture in bowls. Scatter with remaining strawberries and crumble over remaining meringue.