Name: Almond Dreams with Lychees
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2 X 11 oz (2 X 275 g) tin lychees; 4 oz (100 g) sugar; 2 X ½ oz (2 X 15 g) packets gelatine; ½ teaspoon (2.5 ml spoon) almond essence; 3 tablespoons (3 X 15 ml spoon) sugar; 1 pint (425 ml) milk; 1 tablespoon (15 ml spoon) lemon juice

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Curries and Oriental Cookery

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1980

About

Wonderfully refreshing after a rich meal, this is an easy-to-make Chinese dessert. Almond Dreams are translucent white, softly jellied squares with a delicate flavour of almond. They look strange and beautiful in a bowl, topped with scented lychees under a glossy syrup. (If you dislike the flavour of almond omit the essence and add 1 tablespoon (15 ml spoon) strong rose water to the liquid before cooling.)