Recipe and source notes

Gooseberry Fool

4 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 1 pound young gooseberries, fresh or frozen
  • Caster sugar to taste
  • 1 1/2 cups whipping cream

Make it step by step

  1. Top and tail the gooseberries.
  2. Put in a pan with 4 tablespoons water cover and cook gently until softened.
  3. Liquidise or push through a nylon sieve.
  4. Add sugar to taste; cool.
  5. Whip the cream until firm and fold into the fruit puree.
  6. Spoon into tall glasses and serve chilled.

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Adapted from Foodista by Sheri Wetherell, under CC BY 3.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.

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