Gooseberry Fool

Name: Gooseberry Fool
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 2 eggs, separated; 300 ml/10 fl oz/1¼ cups double/heavy cream, whipped; 50 g/2 oz/¼ cup castor/superfine sugar; 6 tablespoons Beaumes de Venise; 450 g/1 lb gooseberries, washed and trimmed; 50 g/2 oz/¼ cup castor/superfine sugar; 300 ml/10 fl oz/1¼ cups double/heavy cream, whipped

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
10 min

Appears in

The New Vegetarian

By Colin Spencer

Published 1986

About

This was a favourite in Elizabethan times, as it is now. Chill it for 1 hour before serving with langues de chat.

Ingredients

450 g/1 lb gooseberries, washed and trimmed
50 g/2

Dessert
Dinner
Summer
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Gently cook the gooseberries with the sugar until they become a pulp. Stir in the wine. When cool, stir in the egg yolks. Whip the whites stiffly and fold into the gooseberry purée, followed by the cream.