Dessert Recipes - Peach Fool Recipe

Ingredients

• 4 small peaches, skinned, halved, stoned (pitted) and sliced

• 75 ml/5 tbsp water

• 45-60 ml/3-4 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar

• 5 ml/1 tsp lemon juice

• 15 ml/1 tbsp custard powder

• 300 ml/1 1/4 cups milk

• 150 ml/2/3 cup whipping cream Palmiers, to serve

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Method:

1. Stew the peaches in the water with 30 ml/2 tbsp of the sugar and the lemon juice until pulpy. Pass through a sieve (strainer) or puree in a blender or food processor.

2. Blend the custard powder with 15 ml/1 tbsp of the sugar and a little of the milk in the rinsed-out saucepan.

3. Stir in the remaining milk. Bring to the boil and cook for 2 minutes, stirring all the time, until thickened.

4. Cover with a circle of wetted greaseproof (waxed) paper to prevent a skin forming. Leave to cool.

5. Whip the cream until softly peaking. Fold the peach puree into the custard, then the cream.

6. Taste and add a little more sugar, if liked. Turn into four glasses and chill until ready to serve with Palmiers.