Peanut and Gooseberry Fool

Name: Peanut and Gooseberry Fool
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 100 g/3½ oz/scant ½ cup caster/superfine sugar; 400 g/14 oz gooseberries, topped and tailed; 50 g/2 oz/scant ¼ cup crunchy peanut butter; 200 ml/7 fl oz/scant 1 cup double/heavy cream; a few roasted, salted peanuts, roughly chopped, to serve; 100 ml/3½ fl oz/scant ½ cup thick Greek yogurt

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Bold

By Nisha Katona

Published 2024

About

An unusual combination, but I think the rich peanut butter is a great foil for the sharp gooseberry here, with little pops of peanut from the crunchy spread. Try to use a natural brand of peanut butter such as Whole Earth or Pip & Nut, rather than one loaded with sugar and other unnecessary additives.

Ingredients

400 g/14 oz gooseberries, topped and tailed
100 g/3½

Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Put the gooseberries in a saucepan with the sugar and cook, stirring frequently, over a low heat, until they have broken down and are mushy – about 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and leave to cool, then place in the refrigerator to chill.

Once your fruit mixture is cold, put the cream into a bowl and whip until at soft peak stage. Be very careful not to over-whip it as it will keep wh