sweet chestnut mess

How to make sweet chestnut mess recipe

Serves 4

Preparation time 15 minutes

Ingredients:
250 g (8 oz) fromage frais
1 tablespoon icing sugar, sifted
100 g (3½ oz) sweetened chestnut purée
100 g (3½ oz) meringues, crushed
plain dark chocolate shards, to decorate

Method:
Beat together the fromage frais and icing sugar in a large bowl. Stir in half the chestnut purée and the crushed meringues.

Spoon the remaining chestnut purée into 4 individual serving dishes and top with the meringue mess. Decorate with the chocolate shards and serve.

For sweet chestnut pancakes, stir all the chestnut purée into the fromage frais. Heat 8 ready-made pancakes according to the packet instructions and spread them with the chestnut purée mixture. Roll them up and dust with cocoa powder and icing sugar.

sweet chestnut mess