Dessert Recipes - Tropical Flummery Recipe

Ingredients

• 100 g/4 oz/1/2 cup granulated sugar

• 150 ml/2/3 cup water

• Thinly pared rind and juice of 1 lemon

• A small piece of cinnamon stick

• 1 star anise (optional)

• 3 guavas

• 120 ml/1/2 cup milk

• 10 ml/2 tsp powdered gelatin

• 225 g/8 oz/1 cup fromage frais

• 60 ml/4 tbsp crème fraiche

• Poppy seeds, for sprinkling

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Method:

1. Put the sugar, water, lemon rind and juice and the spices in a saucepan. Heat gently until the sugar dissolves, then bring to the boil.

2. Peel and quarter the guavas and remove the seeds. Poach in the syrup for 1 minute. Remove from the heat and leave to cool.

3. Put the milk in a small saucepan. Sprinkle the gelatin over and leave to soften for 5 minutes. Heat gently until dissolved but do not let the milk boil. Leave to cool.

4. Beat the cool gelatin milk into the fromage frais. Discard the spices and lemon rind from the guava syrup. Reserve two pieces of guava for decoration.

5. Puree the remainder with the syrup in a blender or food processor. Fold into the fromage frais mixture.

6. Spoon into four glasses and chill until set. Chop the reserved guava pieces.

7. Put 15 ml/1 tbsp of the crème fraiche on top of each flummery, top with the chopped guava and sprinkle with a few poppy seeds.