Gooseberry fool

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4-6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      3 hr 30

Appears in
Desserts: Le Cordon Bleu Home Collection

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.

Ingredients

A Gooseberry Puree

  • 120 g (4 oz) caster sugar
  • 500 g (

Method

  1. To make the purée, reserve 1 tablespoon of sugar and place the rest in a heavy-based pan with 250 ml (8