This week she was walking down the aisle of the local supermarket, and even riding the trolley in the carpark.
Perhaps she was picking up a few lemons to make some Lemon Posset? She could certainly do worse.
I made and then ate my first ever lemon posset as part of the English Royal Celebrations around here. And it was fabulous. Lemon desserts are by far my favourite. I will generally order a lemon (or fruity) dessert in a restaurant and rarely a chocolate one. I love the lemon tarts of France.
Still, I didn't quite know what to expect. Wasn't quite sure exactly what form it would take. Posset is an interesting word, and has a number of usages. Thankfully the modern interpretation of glorious pots of creamy lemoniness is worlds away from curdled beer, or gurking babies.
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| Who can resist the smell of freshly zested lemons? |
The British are famous for their cream, and the double cream used in the BBC recipe is said to be 48% fat. Whilst we have lovely dairy products in Australia too, when we have 48% cream it is quite solid, spooning sort of cream. And I wasn't sure how that would work. So I went with a comparatively low-fat 35% pouring cream. And it worked really well. Everyone absolutely loved these. Well the adults did. The 10 year old taster wasn't as thrilled, and pulled quite a face.
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| Pots of deliciousness |
This post is linked to Weekend Cooking, a weekly meme at Beth Fish Reads.
7 comments:
That looks utterly divine - I think that lemon comes a close second to chocolate in the dessert arena!
I'm huge lemon fan, and like you I pick lemon, fruit, or spice before I pick chocolate. I love the taste and texture of zest in my dishes. I will definitely have to try this. I wonder if I can get proper cream in the US.
Lemon is a huge favorite in my house, this would go over so well! Looks fantastic.
Count me in as another big fan of lemon; my favorite dessert flavor, and my favorite flavor of yogurt :)
I think it's interesting that there are so many recipe variations for something that only has a few ingredients.
sounds like it was meant for royality i love the new princess so down to earth come see me at http://shopannies.blogspot.com
This looks like an excellent use of my excess pile of lemons. I'm glad you said something about the percentage of the cream as I probably wouldn't have paid attention. I let you know how mine goes.
Kath- have you ever had lemon chocolate- a few of the great chocolate makers can actually pull it off. Jean Paul Hevin in Paris for one. And I had a smoked lemon which I don't think was from him that was divine.
Beth it's amazing how many women prefer the fruit, lemon, spicy option. My husband always picks the chocolate option, so I get to taste his- best of both worlds! I hope you try it, would love to hear about your results if you do.
Thanks Carol, it is fantastic.
TBG- we used to be able to get lemon yoghurt in Australia, but they stopped making it. It took me several months to stop searching the supermarket shelves for it every time I went. Am still a bit devastated actually. I loved it too. It is interesting at how many variations such a simple recipe can have.
I thought it was perfect for our evening of royal fun shopannies
Margot- I hope you love it as much as I did. So delicious, and so simple!
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