Lemon Cream

Prep Time: 0:15
Cook Time: 0:00
Serves: 4

Ingredients / Shopping List

1 Lemon zest and juice

250ml double cream

75g caster sugar

3 tblsp marsala

1 lime to decorate
 

Prep to Cook: Electric mixer, tablespoon, spatula, grater and plate, lemon squeezer.

Prep: 1.  Prep the lemon:

Zest the lemon with a very fine grater even though you only appear to get a small amount of zest it will give great flavour.  You do not want marmalade pieces of lemon

Squeeze the juice thoroughly

2.  Prep the cream:

Use a big mixing bowl

Whip the cream with the sugar, zest  and the marsala

Gradually add the lemon juice and whisk until the cream stands in peaks

Taste – to check you have enough marsala and it is sweet enough

Remember that cold products taste less sweet and need more sugar than you think!!

Serve in wine glasses and chill in the refrigerator

The mixture will firm up slightly

Prep to decorate:

Decorate with a swirl of lime and leave in the fridge.

Serve with biscuits such as cigarette wafers or frosted grapes

Wash the grapes and dry with kitchen roll.  Brush with lightly beaten egg white and sprinkle with white caster sugar – chill. Serve a small cluster of grapes with each glass of lemon cream
 

Check it out!

Lemon cream is special and boozy.  Make it when you are in a hurry but want to impress.  Choose your serving glass carefully for maximum impact with least effort.  This is one recipe you will make again and again.
 

This cream can be layered with biscuit crumb mix – crushed biscuits such as ginger nuts with a little melted butter and sugar.

Recipe Science

Cooks Know How: You will notice how you can create a luxury dessert with bags of style and yet no real skill! Judge the success rate by the positive comments you receive whilst eating this dessert. You will understand the way acids can impact on other ingredients. You will see the acid ( citric acid if you need to know!) from the lemon helps with thickening and setting the cream.  You will recognise how the lemon zest imparts superb flavour even through you appeared to have only a small amount from the lemon.  If you have grated the lemon too hard you will also recognise the bitter notes from the pith of the lemon so go easy next time.  You will enjoy showing your creative side by serving the lemon cream in special glasses so that is looks amazing.