Easy lemon posset with strawberry.

Cool and refreshing summer dessert with a luxuriously creamy texture and bright lemon flavour. Best served with fresh strawberry and crushed biscuits.
Lemon posset is a dessert made from cream curdled by lemon juice, it has a texture which is a cross between a lush custard and silky lemon curd. A posset is a medieval drink that has made a comeback in recent times as a set dessert. With just three ingredients – lemon, sugar and cream – a posset is the easiest and most delicious make-ahead dessert!
The lemon posset will make the best Christmas trifle as well. Once you have made it you will never go back to buying custard.

Easy lemon posset with strawberry

Recipe by Leno RegushCourse: DessertCuisine: BritishDifficulty: Easy

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

10

minutes

Cooking time

5

minutes

Cool and refreshing summer dessert with a luxuriously creamy texture and bright lemon flavour. Best served with fresh strawberry and crushed biscuits.

Ingredients

• 2 cups cream (single cream or double cream)

• 2/3 cup sugar

• 1/3 cup lemon juice

• zest of one lemon

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• pinch of fine salt

• strawberry to serve

Directions

• Combine sugar, lemon zest and cream in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Gently heat, stirring, until the sugar has melted. Bring to a simmer and bubble for 3-4 min. Turn off the heat and stir in the lemon juice. Cool to room temperature, then divide between 4 x 200ml ramekins or serving glasses, carefully cover and chill for at least 6 hours, or overnight.
• Serve chilled with fresh strawberries and crushed biscuits.