Gooseberry and Coffee Compôte with Pistachio Cream

Name: Gooseberry and Coffee Compôte with Pistachio Cream
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 100 g (3 ½ oz) caster sugar; 1 heaped teaspoon finely ground coffee or instant coffee if you’d prefer not to eat the grains; 200 ml (7 fl oz) water; 500 g (1 lb) gooseberries, washed; 50 g (1 ⅔ oz) shelled pistachio nuts; 50 g (1 ⅔ oz) icing sugar; 300 ml (10 fl oz) cream

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A World in My Kitchen

By Peter Gordon

Published 2003

About

You have to have the cream with this or else you won’t like it — it’s the cream reacting with the coffee that makes it work. This recipe came about when I accidentally dropped some coffee grounds into some gooseberries. Now I pretend that it was an inspiration!

Ingredients

100 g (3 ½ oz) caster sugar
1 heaped teaspoon finely ground co

Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Place caster sugar, coffee and water in a wide, shallow pan and bring to the boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Add gooseberries, turn the heat to medium, then cook until the first gooseberries burst, gently shaking the pan from time to time. Leave to cool.

Place nuts and icing sugar in a food processor and whizz to a fine powder. Add three-