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Invited to dinner tonight around friends' house. Making dessert and left it a bit late. Thinking a Lemon Curd Eton's Mess-type affair but always feel something like that needs a bit of accompanying crunch and substance. Thoughts?

I'm thinking making some shortbread to serve on the side.

Open to suggestions.

A cheesecake, as in an honest to god good old fashioned no frills no fru fru proper cheesecake, or if you're feeling fruity a proper key lime pie

MrLongbeard wrote: Fri Aug 01, 2025 9:38 am A cheesecake, as in an honest to god good old fashioned no frills no fru fru proper cheesecake, or if you're feeling fruity a proper key lime pie

Ain't got time for none of that. Working today and getting my Barnet chopped straight after work, and Mrs. G is out on site visits all day and will knock up the pud when she gets back, hence the Eton's Mess solution. Quick and easy. Serve a few shortbread fingers with it and it it gives it a bit more substance. Plus shortbread is easy and I can make it whilst attending on-line meetings if I keep the camera off.

Plus chilled cheesecake is pants. I like a baked NY cheesecake 6 inches high and thick and cloying as you like...

Crunch up a few amaretti biscuits for topping.

(Not the chewy type...obvs ).

Count Steer wrote: Fri Aug 01, 2025 9:48 am Crunch up a few amaretti biscuits for topping.

(Not the chewy type...obvs ).

Yeah - something very crunchie like that. (shortbread just seems to turn into dust when you crumble it)

gremlin wrote: Fri Aug 01, 2025 9:43 am Plus chilled cheesecake is pants.

I'd happily chop a fellas right arm off for one right now, both of 'em for a key lime pie.
I'd fancy it up by using a 50/50 mix of F&M salted caramel biscuits for the base, leaving half of the crumb oversized for a bit of texture, clean, plain, sharp.

Anywho, my old mantra is if you've got room for dessert then the preceding meal wasn't good enough.

MrLongbeard wrote: Fri Aug 01, 2025 9:52 am
Anywho, my old mantra is if you've got room for dessert then the preceding meal wasn't BIG enough.

FTFY

gremlin wrote: Fri Aug 01, 2025 9:23 am Invited to dinner tonight around friends' house. Making dessert and left it a bit late. Thinking a Lemon Curd Eton's Mess-type affair but always feel something like that needs a bit of accompanying crunch and substance. Thoughts?

I'm thinking making some shortbread to serve on the side.

Open to suggestions.

Break up some brandy snaps on top - Bromley will have those in every store! Ginger biscuits ?
TBF lemon curd and Eton Mess is already stretching it!

Crumble up some cheese and onion on the top

Lu do some nice butter galette / biscuits that would work
Biscoff?

Mr Moofo wrote: Fri Aug 01, 2025 10:01 am

gremlin wrote: Fri Aug 01, 2025 9:23 am Invited to dinner tonight around friends' house. Making dessert and left it a bit late. Thinking a Lemon Curd Eton's Mess-type affair but always feel something like that needs a bit of accompanying crunch and substance. Thoughts?

I'm thinking making some shortbread to serve on the side.

Open to suggestions.

Break up some brandy snaps on top - Bromley will have those in every store! Ginger biscuits ?
TBF lemon curd and Eton Mess is already stretching it!

Crumble up some cheese and onion on the top

Lu do some nice butter galette / biscuits that would work
Biscoff?

Fuck it: HobNobs and on to the brandy.

gremlin wrote: Fri Aug 01, 2025 10:20 am

Mr Moofo wrote: Fri Aug 01, 2025 10:01 am

gremlin wrote: Fri Aug 01, 2025 9:23 am Invited to dinner tonight around friends' house. Making dessert and left it a bit late. Thinking a Lemon Curd Eton's Mess-type affair but always feel something like that needs a bit of accompanying crunch and substance. Thoughts?

I'm thinking making some shortbread to serve on the side.

Open to suggestions.

Break up some brandy snaps on top - Bromley will have those in every store! Ginger biscuits ?
TBF lemon curd and Eton Mess is already stretching it!

Crumble up some cheese and onion on the top

Lu do some nice butter galette / biscuits that would work
Biscoff?

Fuck it: HobNobs and on to the brandy.

Enough Hoffmeister for everyone and that’ll work