Rhubarb & strawberry meringue pots

Rhubarb & strawberry meringue pots

A tasty, light and fluffy low-fat treat

Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr

Low-fat

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180C/ Gas 4/fan oven 160C. Put the rhubarb in an ovenproof dish, sprinkle over 50g/2oz of the sugar and the orange zest and stir together. Cover and bake in the oven for 35-40 minutes until tender. (Alternatively, you can cook the rhubarb with the sugar and zest in the microwave for 10 minutes on full power, stirring halfway through the cooking time, until just tender.)
  2. Remove the rhubarb from the oven and allow to cool slightly. Stir in the conserve then the egg yolks. Divide the rhubarb mixture between four 175ml/6fl oz ramekins. Put on a baking sheet and cook in the oven for 10 minutes until lightly thickened.
  3. While the rhubarb is cooking, whisk the egg whites until stiff. Sprinkle over half of the remaining sugar and whisk again. Gently fold in the rest of the sugar. Pile the meringue on top of the rhubarb to cover it completely and swirl the top. Return to the oven for 10 minutes until the meringue is puffy and golden. Serve immediately.

160 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 30g, fat 3 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 1g, sugar 29g, salt 0.12 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2002.

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  • 04 June 2008

    paulburke commented on this recipe

    Very easy very tasty Try spliting the mixture to 12 portions in to muffin cases for a very light dessert and add any ice cream to each pair .... Enjoy

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  • 04 June 2008

    paulburke rated and commented on this recipe

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    Only reduced the portion size for presentation and as its summer adding ice cream for cool sweetness.

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  • 14 May 2009

    Sue Spink rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was lovely and fresh. I cooked the rhubarb in a pan and added fresh strawberries instead of preserve.

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  • 05 June 2010

    Rolin747 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I used tinned rhubarb and it tasted delicious. A hit with family and friends!

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  • 27 June 2010

    EmSmith rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Lovely, relatively low calorie and low fat dessert! I had some fresh strawberries that needed using up so, like Sue, I used those instead of the jam. Worked a charm! The whole family LOVED it. I can imagine you could substitute the rhubarb with endless combinations of fruit. Have already tried it with apples (imagine a sort of deconstructed apple snow - nice!) and lemon curd with a layer of crushed biscuits at the bottom (a cheats lemon meringue pie, if you like). Gorgeous!

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  • 17 July 2010

    lizalita commented on this recipe

    I combined a few of the suggestions above. I didn't have ramekins so made it in one large oven proof bowl and increased the quantities slightly. I made a biscuit base by melting 25g of butter and mixing it with 100g of crushed ginger nuts then pressed this into the bottom of the bowl. I layered the cooked rhubarb and egg yolk (I used 3) on top of this before baking it as the recipe says. I also put a layer of sliced fresh strawberries in between the rhubarb and meringue. Really easy and utterly delicious!

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  • 09 August 2010

    jelly and ice cream <3 xx rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    this was sooooo good. after reading some of the comments i mixed thin slices of fresh strawberries into the rhubarb and egg yolk mixture and it was really yummy. i will be making this again very soon!

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  • 06 January 2011

    Fifi rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I'm doing this for a cooking competition so I hope it goes ok but I tried it today and you really do need to serve it straight away because it sank in 10 minutes!

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    06 March 2011

    LMP rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    It looks lovely when presenting it and it tastes like all the flavours could be right, but the rhubarb was just too tart! I would advise either putting one more tablespoon of strawberry jam or adding more sugar to the rhubarb

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  • 12 April 2011

    MayoMadness rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made this for dessert on Mother's day and it was a big hit! I served it with a raspberry on top as it looked a little plain! It was easy to make and I must say it was yummy!

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  • 05 May 2011

    beryl commented on this recipe

    Made this only last night and it was really nice-like previous contributors i put in a layer of fresh strawberries and it worked really well-will be making this again sometime soon....

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  • 05 May 2011

    beryl rated and commented on this recipe

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    sorry forgot to rate it

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  • 20 August 2011

    Sue rated and commented on this recipe

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    Love it - even my sixteen year old son likes it - mind you he loves anything with rhubarb in it!

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  • 13 October 2011

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Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr

Low-fat

Ingredients

  • 450g rhubarb , cut into 4cm/1½in chunks
  • 100g golden caster sugar
  • grated zest of 1 orange
  • 1 tbsp strawberry conserve
  • 2 eggs , separated
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160 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 30g, fat 3 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 1g, sugar 29g, salt 0.12 g

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