This is always popular:
1 dozen egg whites
3 cups caster sugar
1 pinch cream-of-tatar
1 pint whipping cream
2 tablespoons icing sugar
2lb strawberries
9" baking trays (2)
heat oven to 250°F
beat egg whites until stiff peaks form
add caster sugar
beat until sugar has all dissolved
add cream-of-tatar
beat for a further minute
Put this mixture into the two 9" baking trays and cook in oven for about an hour until firm and crisp on the outside. Turn off oven and allow to cool slowly. Another method is to place the filled baking dishes in a hottish oven WHICH HAS BEEN TURNED OFF and leave overnight with the oven door shut.
prepare the strawberries
whip the cream with the icing sugar
place 1 cooled meringue on a serving dish
cover it with ˝ the cream and about ⅓ of the strawberries
press the strawberries into the cream to make a level surface
place the 2nd meringue on top
cover it with the rest of the cream
pile the remaining strawberries on top like a little mountain
I TIMOTHY 5 .KJV
23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
WINE
An ideal accompaniment for this would be a lovely mature Sauternes or alternatively I can recommend an aniseed liqueur, which is slightly stronger as a rule.