Gooseberry fool

Name: Gooseberry fool
Prep time: 2 h 40 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 3 h 5 min
Yield: Serves 4-6
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 125 ml (4 fl oz) Greek thick yoghurt or plain thick yoghurt; 75 ml (2½ fl oz) cream, for whipping; 100 ml (3l/4 fl oz) cream for whipping, to serve; 1 leaf gelatine or ½ teaspoon gelatine powder; 3 tablespoons caster sugar; 4-6 macaroon biscuits, to serve; 500 g (1 lb) fresh gooseberries, topped and tailed; 1 egg white; 125 ml (4 fl oz) milk; 120 g (4 oz) caster sugar; 1½ tablespoons cornflour

Preparation info

Serves
4-6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
3 hr 30

Appears in

Desserts

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

About

England is the home of this old-fashioned but delicious dessert made of cooked, strained and puréed fruit, chilled and folded into custard and whipped cream. Traditionally, fool is made from gooseberries, although any fruit may be used.