LEMON POSSET WITH LEMON SHORTBREAD
Nothing could be easier than lemon posset - it's cream, sugar and lemon juice. Add crunch with cute lemon thumbprint biscuits on the side.
Provided by James Martin
Categories Desserts
Yield Serves 6
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- For the posset, place the double cream and the sugar into a large pan over a low heat and bring to the boil slowly. Boil for three minutes, then remove from the heat and allow to cool.
- Add the lemon juice and zest and whisk well.
- Pour the lemon cream mixture into six large serving glasses and refrigerate for three hours.
- Preheat the oven to 180C/355F/Gas 4.
- For the shortbread, sift the icing sugar, flour and cornflour together into a bowl and add the ground almonds.
- Transfer the flour mixture to a food processor. Add the butter and pulse until there are no visible lumps of butter.
- Add the almond essence. Pulse again, then turn the mixture out onto a lightly floured surface and bring together to form a smooth dough.
- Grease a muffin tray with butter.
- Divide the dough up and roll into small balls. Place the balls into the muffin cups, flattening the tops slightly with your fingers. The dough should come about one third of the way up the side of each muffin cup to give a nice proportion to the finished biscuit.
- Transfer to the oven and bake the shortbreads for 8-12 minutes, until they are a light golden colour.
- Remove from the oven, allow to cool slightly, then, using your thumb, make a small indentation into the top of each biscuit.
- Let the shortbreads cool for a few minutes, then turn the mould over and tap the shortbreads out. (Be gentle, as the biscuits are fragile while they are still warm.)
- When all the shortbreads are baked and cooled, dust the tops with icing sugar. Fill the indentations in the biscuits with lemon curd.
- To serve, place the lemon possets onto plates with a shortbread alongside. Sprinkle a little lemon zest on top, if you want.
LEMON POSSET
This is the easiest lemon dessert I have ever made, it uses only three ingredients and will always impress guests.
Provided by MARLENE28
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European UK and Ireland English
Time 5h15m
Yield 5
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- In a saucepan, stir together 3 cups of cream and sugar. Bring to a boil, and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the lemon juice. Pour into serving glasses, and refrigerate until set, about 5 hours. Pour a little more cream over the tops just before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 729.9 calories, Carbohydrate 61.2 g, Cholesterol 207.9 mg, Fat 56.3 g, Fiber 3 g, Protein 3.9 g, SaturatedFat 35 g, Sodium 59.6 mg, Sugar 50.1 g
LEMON & ALMOND SHORTBREAD BARS
These zesty bars will disappear quickly so make sure you save one for yourself! Jazz up your standard shortbread recipe - great for a summer party
Provided by Cassie Best
Categories Dessert, Treat
Time 1h10m
Yield makes 12
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and line a 20cm square loose-bottomed cake tin with baking parchment. Tip the butter, sugar and a pinch of salt into a large bowl, and beat with an electric whisk until pale and fluffy. Add the flour, ground almonds and milk. Use a wooden spoon and then your hands to bring the mixture together to form a dough.
- Use your fingers to spread the shortbread dough over the bottom of the tin, right into the corners. Bake for 35 mins until golden.
- Meanwhile, prepare the lemon topping. Whisk the lemon juice and eggs together in a jug. In a bowl, combine the sugar, flour and zest. Strain the lemon mixture through a sieve onto the sugar mixture and whisk to combine.
- When the tin is cool enough to handle, wrap the outside tightly in foil - this will prevent the lemon mixture seeping out. Pour over the shortbread and return to the oven for 15 mins. Scatter over the almonds and bake for another 5 mins until the topping has set. Cool completely in the tin, then lift out, dust with icing sugar and cut into bars. Will keep in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 320 calories, Fat 14 grams fat, SaturatedFat 6 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 42 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 29 grams sugar, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 6 grams protein, Sodium 0.3 milligram of sodium
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