GOOSEBERRY FOOL
GOOSEBERRY FOOL
GOOSEBERRY FOOL

Ingredients
  • 500g/1lb 4oz gooseberries
  • topped and tailed
  • 100g/3½oz caster sugar
  • 3 tbsp elderflower cordial
  • 200g/7oz double cream
  • 100ml/3½fl oz thick Greek-style yoghurt or crème fraîche
  • fresh mint sprigs
  • to decorate (optional)
Directions
  • Put the gooseberries
  • sugar and cordial in a saucepan. Cook on a high heat until the sugar has dissolved and the fruit is soft. Remove from the heat and reserve a quarter of the cooked gooseberries.
  • Blend the remaining cooked gooseberries in a blender or food processor
  • then sieve to remove the skins. Set aside to cool.
  • Whisk the cream in a bowl until soft peaks form when the whisk is removed from the bowl. Fold in the yoghurt and fold in the blended gooseberries. Divide between six glasses.
  • Leave the glasses in the fridge for at least 2 hours
  • to allow the fool to thicken.
  • To serve
  • spoon the remaining gooseberries over the top of the fool and decorate with the mint
  • if using. Serve with honey melts.