2015 Cooking Club Week 18: Lemon Posset with Passion Fruit and Vanilla

Loire

Hi all.

I learned this recipe at a one-day cookery course with Neven Maguire and kindly reproduced with permission.

It's very easy, very quick, but it needs a few hours to set in the fridge. Therefore it's a perfect dessert for dinner parties.

Ingredients - makes 3

500ml cream
150g caster sugar
Juice and rind of 1 lemon
2 passion fruits
1 vanilla pod, seeds only

Steps

Place the cream in a pan with the sugar, vanilla seeds, lemon rind and juice

Cut the passion fruits in half and scoop out the seeds and pulp. Add to the pan.

Bring to the boil and boil for 1 minute...keep an eye though as it can overflow easily!

Leave the mixture cool for a few minutes and pour into either stemmed glasses or ramekins.

Chill for 2 hours, but overnight is best

Serve on plates with shortbread

Pitcures below - enjoy!

Loire



Ingredients:





Passion Fruit





Sorry about the photo - looks better in real life!

That looks beautiful.

What kind of cream do you use for it? If you have a carton, perhaps you could check the % fat for me? I am in the UK where single and double cream are different to Ireland (single cream here won't whip as the fat content is too low). I'm thinking I'd need double for this recipe, as I'd fear the lower fat content in single cream might mean it wouldn't set.

MissFlitworth

Just FYI Loire is on his hollibobs (or, at least AFK for the next couple of days) so if you gots questions he'll answer on Monday.

I'll be passing Tesco later and will drop in and have a goo at the cream container

Loire

Mystery Egg wrote: »

That looks beautiful.

What kind of cream do you use for it? If you have a carton, perhaps you could check the % fat for me? I am in the UK where single and double cream are different to Ireland (single cream here won't whip as the fat content is too low). I'm thinking I'd need double for this recipe, as I'd fear the lower fat content in single cream might mean it wouldn't set.

Hi. At the airport! the recipe says just regular cream. There's no whipping involved and you only boil for1 min so no need to worry about curdling either

Loire

Neyite

That looks like a nice and easy one - right up my street. It might be a while before I have an occasion to do a dessert but I'll try it out before long hopefully!

Loire

Loire wrote: »

Hi. At the airport! the recipe says just regular cream. There's no whipping involved and you only boil for1 min so no need to worry about curdling either

Loire

Have a fabulous holiday!

Ah I know there's no whipping in your recipe, I was just demonstrating the difference between single and double cream in Ireland versus the UK. I'd be worried about it not setting due to the lower fat content, but maybe that's not actually a concern.

Do let me know, MissF!

Faith

From my memory, Tesco 'fresh cream' is closest to single cream . I always used single cream unless a recipe specifically called for whipping or double cream.

hdowney

Ooh I am making this next week fo'sho'

maryk123

Oh that looks lovely I am going to make that

tickingclock

Made that last night. Very tasty and easy to make. Thanks!

Loire

tickingclock wrote: »

Made that last night. Very tasty and easy to make. Thanks!

Hiya. Glad it turned out okay!

Loire.

bigronnie9

any suggestions for where to get passion fruits from in Cork?

want to make this at the weekend

Hugo_Whoriskey

Just finished making this for tonight, make sure you have lots of room in your pot for when it boils, I underestimated just how much it would rise and it boiled over. Hopefully what remains tastes good!

I'm not in Cork but got passion fruit in Lidl this morning if that helps

Loire

bigronnie9 wrote: »

any suggestions for where to get passion fruits from in Cork?

want to make this at the weekend

I got mine in Tesco Wilton - they come in packs of 3

Loire.

Hugo_Whoriskey

This was delicious, went down a storm too, thanks!

bigronnie9

Hugo_Whoriskey wrote: »

I'm not in Cork but got passion fruit in Lidl this morning if that helps

Loire wrote: »

I got mine in Tesco Wilton - they come in packs of 3

Loire.

Picked up some passionfruits in Lidl at lunchtime, smaller than I thought they would be

Cheers lads,will be making this in the morning and will report back with picture!

Raminahobbin

I am making this at the weekend! Looks fab Thanks OP!

.red.

I made these last night and just tasted them. Really, really nice. My lemon was very big tho and over powered the passion fruit a little but i love citrus desserts so i didnt mind. If i was making it for guests id probably use less lemon.
I was surprised at how cheap they were to make. I had a vanilla pod and castor sugar already and got the rest of my ingredients in lidl for less than €4.
Thanks a mill. This is going to be a repeat recipe for me!
i still cant figure out how to put up pics direct....

bigronnie9

made these Saturday night and had them yesterday evening, I was concerned they didn't have enough lemon in them and that they would be tasteless.......no fear of that! These were lovely and so easy to make!


*also I must have very small ramekins because it made 5 instead of 3

Loire

Thanks for all the feedback! Great to see that they were a success too!

Loire.

.red.

I made another batch of these Saturday as finger food/nibbles for a party. I doubled up everything and used 6 passion fruits as theres 3 in the pack and didnt want to waste any.
I poured them into plastic shot glasses and stuck in a chocolate finger to use as a spoon/dipper. It made 32 and had enough left over to fill 2 small ramekins for myself.
They seemed to go down a treat with anybody that tried them.
Best thing about them is their so easy to make, it almost feels like cheating its so simple lol.
thanks a mill.

Neyite

Red, the shot glasses are genius! They look so cool!

.red.

For anyone who likes making these(or any other vanilla dessert) i saw vanilla pods in Lidl today for €1.99 for a pack of 2. Their over €4 in tescos so i picked up a few packs to stock up.
No sign of passion fruit tho.

convert

I made a version of this over the weekend. I needed a last minute dessert and this was perfect. I didn't have any passion fruit, though, so I just made a plain lemon posset, and it went down very well. I made some shortbread to go with it.

I didn't have any long-stemmed glasses, so I put it in some 'fancy' tumbers, and it seemed to work well. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of the finished product, but I do have some of the posset pre-decoration and shortbread before baking.

I couldn't believe how quick and easy it was - I think it might be one that I'll be using again.

Loire

convert wrote: »

I made a version of this over the weekend. I needed a last minute dessert and this was perfect. I didn't have any passion fruit, though, so I just made a plain lemon posset, and it went down very well. I made some shortbread to go with it.

I didn't have any long-stemmed glasses, so I put it in some 'fancy' tumbers, and it seemed to work well. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of the finished product, but I do have some of the posset pre-decoration and shortbread before baking.

I couldn't believe how quick and easy it was - I think it might be one that I'll be using again.

Great stuff! Glad it worked out & thanks for the feedback
Loire.

Made this tonight - delicious! Will definitely do the shot glass thing at some stage.

Marcusm

Mystery Egg wrote: »

That looks beautiful.

What kind of cream do you use for it? If you have a carton, perhaps you could check the % fat for me? I am in the UK where single and double cream are different to Ireland (single cream here won't whip as the fat content is too low). I'm thinking I'd need double for this recipe, as I'd fear the lower fat content in single cream might mean it wouldn't set.

Definitely double cream and I would usually dissolve all the sugar in the cream long before adding the acidulants.

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Added to my repetoire of amazing but oh so simple desserts! Thanks

foodaholic

Have to say Im not a huge fan of desserts, so very rarely make them.

This is such an easy recipe even I don't mind making them.
They taste delicious

I'm in search for passion fruit to make these but my local Dunnes and Aldi don't have them. Would anyone have any idea where is stocking it these days?

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I get them all the time in Dunnes, failing that maybe local fruit and veg shop?

Found it in super valu last week. I see lidl have them this week.

I did the shot glass portions of this for a work bake sale, and I'm still getting asked about them. Thanks again OP!

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Hi,
I've made these again and are chilling in the fridge in shot glasses,made lemon biscuits to go with them as per the Christmas dinner thread. Looks amazing in the shot glasses,forgot to take a picture before putting them in the shed fridge,I'll try get a photo tomorrow!

Happy Christmas everyone

Wesser

I just made lemon possett for Christmas day dessert. Only realised when I got home from the supermarket that the receipt says double cream. I have just regular cream. Will.it be OK?

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Wesser wrote: »

I just made lemon possett for Christmas day dessert. Only realised when I got home from the supermarket that the receipt says double cream. I have just regular cream. Will.it be OK?

Should be fine

Wesser

Turned out great!!!!

bigronnie9

forgot to comment on this again, I used the shot glass / cadburys fingers idea on New Years Eve going to a friends for a party....made about 40 shot glasses, not a one left over, everybody loved them.

the chocolate finger as a spoon is sheer genius

Cheshire Cat

Made this again yesterday. Perfect dessert for guest! It was enjoyed by all I use IKEA tealight glasses for desserts like this. Perfect portion size for mousses and similar when you had a big meal already http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/products/decoration/candles-candle-holders/galej-tealight-holder-art-36418000/