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Strawberry Fool BY JAN D’ATRI
Don’t you just love having recipes that are so simple and yet produce the most stunning results? I can guarantee that if you make this light, fluff y mousse-like dish, folks will wonder how you found time to make such an exotic dessert! Well, they have just been fooled! Yes, it’s called Strawberry Fool, and I think it may be a new favorite for you and your family! We should rename this delight the Four-Ingredient Wonder. That’s all it takes to create Strawberry Fool, and it couldn’t be easier to whip up! What gives this strawberry mixture a wonderful texture is straining out the grainy strawberry seeds. You’re left with a perfect puree that will easily blend into the whipped cream.
I’m pretty obsessed with this dessert, and I plan on trying it with fresh peaches, pineapple and mango. I love the name, too! In doing research on this centuries-old dessert, many accounts claim the word “fool” is most likely derived from the French verb “fouler,” which means “to press.” One thing’s for sure: I’d be a fool not to make this for my dessert-loving family members!
Strawberry Fool (Serves 4)
firmly with a spoon to sepIngredients: arate the grit• 4 cups sliced strawberries, plus 4 whole ty strawberry seeds from the puree. Discard strawberries seeds. • 1/2 cup sugar Using an electric mixer, whip the heavy • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice cream to stiff peaks. Take a large spoon• 2 cups heavy cream ful of the whipped cream and stir or gently • Mint leaves for garnish whisk into the strawberry puree. Then, fold the strawberry mixture into the remaining Directions: whipped cream. Spoon half of the reserved In a blender, add 2 cups of strawberries, sliced strawberries into the bottom of each sugar and lemon juice. Puree the mixture until parfait glass or dessert bowl. Spoon the Fool smooth. Reserve 2 cups of sliced strawberries halfway up the glass or bowl. Add the remainfor mixing into the Fool. der of the sliced strawberries and top with the Place a sieve or strainer over a bowl and rest of the fool. Garnish with a whole strawpour the puree into the strainer. Press the berry and some mint leaves. Refrigerate for puree through the strainer by pressing several hours to chill.
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