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Lemon Posset

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Rich, silky, not too sweet.
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
Servings 4
Author Thomas

Ingredients

  • 250 ml double cream fløde 48%
  • 75 g caster sugar
  • 1 lemon

Instructions

  • Put the cream and sugar in a small saucepan. Heat gently, stirring, till it just reaches a boil. Let it bubble for exactly 2 minutes — no more, or it’ll scorch and start tasting like regret.
  • Juice the lemon and zest half of it.
  • Take it off the heat, stir in the juice and zest, and watch it thicken almost instantly.
  • Pour into four small glasses or ramekins.
  • Cool to room temperature, then chill at least 4 hours.
  • It’ll set like satin, somewhere between mousse and custard.

Notes

Serve it with shortbread, crushed biscuits or a handful of redcurrants

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