Gooseberry And Elderflower Fool

Gooseberry And Elderflower Fool
  • Author: Brian Turner

This delightful dessert combines the tartness of gooseberries with the fragrant sweetness of elderflower to create a refreshing and elegant treat. The creamy and crunchy layers of this dessert are sure to impress and leave your taste buds craving more. Garnished with elderflowers, this dessert not only tastes divine but also looks beautifully rustic and inviting.

— Constant Cookbook

Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp caster sugar
  • 4 tbsp elderflower
  • 250g/9oz gooseberries
  • 200g/7oz ginger biscuits
  • 400ml/14fl oz double cream
  • , to garnish elderflowers

Instructions

  • Put the sugar, cordial and gooseberries into a pan and cook gently until just soft. Remove from the heat and allow to cool. Set aside a few gooseberries to use as decoration later.
  • Crush a quarter of the ginger biscuits into fine crumbs, and break the remaining biscuits into small pieces.
  • Put half the gooseberries in a food processor and blend, then set aside.
  • Put the rest of the gooseberries in a bowl and mix with the broken biscuit pieces.

  • Spoon the gooseberry and biscuit mix into four martini glasses.
  • Whisk the cream until soft peaks form when the whisk is lifted. Carefully stir in gooseberry purée and then add it to the glasses.
  • Sprinkle the biscuit crumbs over the top and decorate with elderflowers and reserved gooseberries.

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Cook Time

30M

Prep Time

PT30M

Yield

Serves 4