Lemon and Lime Syllabub
Syllabub is a traditional English dessert, popular from the 16th to 19th Century. Usually made from milk or cream, seasoned with sugar and lightly curdled with citrus.
Ingredients
- 500 ml cream
- 1 lemon zest and juice
- 1 lime zest and juice
- 75 g icing sugar
- 50 g gingernut biscuits
- ¼ cup lemon curd
Instructions
- Pour the cream into a large bowl and sift in the icing sugar. Lightly whisk to combine.
- Grate in the zest of the lemon and lime and squeeze in the juice from both - straining through a sieve to avoid any pips.
- Whisk the cream until it just begins to reach stiff peaks.
- Lightly crush 4 of the biscuits with your fingers and divide into the bottom of the serving glasses. Reserve the fifth biscuit for the garnish.
- Lightly fold in the lemon curd to the syllabub mixture then spoon into the glasses.
- If you have time at this stage, you can refrigerate the syllabubs for a couple of minutes to help them set.
- Use a grater to finely grate over the remaining biscuit and serve.
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