Gooseberry Fool With Custard And Cream

Ingredients

• 2 quarts green gooseberries
• 2 quarts loaf sugar
• a very little water
• rich boiled custard
• frothed cream

Method

1. 1 Remove stems and blossoms from gooseberries. Place berries in a stew pan with an equal weight of loaf sugar and a small amount of water.
2. 2 Stew the berries until sufficiently soft, then pass the pulp through a sieve to remove seeds.
3. 3 Allow the gooseberry pulp to cool completely.
4. 4 Stir in rich boiled custard until the mixture reaches the consistency of thick cream.
5. 5 Transfer to a glass bowl and top with frothed cream before serving.