Vicar's secret recipe

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp caster sugar
• Finely grated zest 2 well washed oranges
• 3 tbsp Pimms No 1
• 300 ml double cream
• 100 g meringues, broken into chunky pieces
• 450 g fresh strawberries, hulled and quartered
• Mint leaves, to decorate
• 1 tsp icing sugar, sifted

Method

1. Stir the caster sugar, orange zest and Pimm’s together until the sugar dissolves.
2. Add the cream and whisk to soft peaks, then fold in half the broken meringue.
3. Lightly crush half the strawberries to release some juice and fold them through the cream.
4. Spoon into a serving dish, add the remaining meringue and strawberries, chill for 30 minutes and decorate with mint and icing sugar.