Lemon fool

Name: Lemon fool
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: British recipes
Ingredients: 1 ball stem ginger in syrup, finely chopped, plus 1 tbsp syrup; 75g mascarpone; 4 tbsp icing sugar; 250ml double cream, lightly whipped; 8 tbsp lemon curd

Published: 31 May 07
Updated: 18 Mar 24

Test kitchen approved

A delicious creamy lemon fool dessert recipe given a kick with the addition of warming stem ginger – on the table in 10 minutes. A simple, deceptively special pud.

Serves 6
Ready in 10 minutes

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Ingredients

1 ball stem ginger in syrup, finely chopped, plus 1 tbsp syrup
75g mascarpone
4 tbsp icing sugar
250ml double cream, lightly whipped
8 tbsp lemon curd

Method

In a large bowl, beat the stem ginger syrup, mascarpone and icing sugar together until smooth.
Lightly fold in the whipped cream, then stir through the lemon curd with a fork so it is streaked.
Divide the lemon curd fool between 6 glasses and top with the chopped stem ginger. Serve with ginger thins, if you like.

Recipe from June 2007 Issue

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 367kcals
Fat: 28.4g (17.8g saturated)
Protein: 1.5g
Carbohydrates: 28g (22.8g sugar)
Salt: 0.1g

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