A simple, seasonal dessert.
1kg strawberries
Juice of 1 lemon
300ml pouring (whipping) cream
1 tbsp vanilla sugar, or to taste
3 large store-bought meringues
Hull the strawberries, slice them in half.
Puree 300 grams (two cups) of the strawberries with the lemon juice to make a coulis.
Whip the cream into a chantilly with the vanilla sugar.*
Crush the meringues.
Build the vacherin layer by layer in a glass: strawberries, coulis, meringue, chantilly. Repeat.
Serve immediately.**
* Have the bowl and cream well chilled.
** Otherwise the coulis will bleed into the cream and it won't be very chic.
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