Best Fresh Fruit Fool Recipes
CHEF JOHN'S FRESH BERRY FOOL
While certainly not light on the calorie counter, this berry fool (from the French 'fouler' meaning 'to mash') is shockingly airy on the palate. It's that contrast between the rich, fluffy cream and the syrupy, tangy fruit that makes this so much greater than the sum of its parts. Fresh berries are a classic, but this would work with peeled, diced, ripe peaches.
Provided by Chef John
Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Strawberry Dessert Recipes
Time 1h18m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Place raspberries, blackberries, and strawberries in a bowl. Add lemon zest, lemon juice, and 1/4 cup sugar. Stir until sugar is mixed with fruit and juices begin to form. Cover and refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour.
- Place heavy cream and creme fraiche in a cold bowl. Add 1 tablespoon sugar and vanilla extract. Whisk until mixture has soft peaks and sharp lines, 5 to 8 minutes.
- Place some cookie crumbs in the bottom of each serving dish. Spoon in some of the fruit and a layer of whipped cream. Repeat layers, ending with a sprinkle of cookie crumbs.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 646.4 calories, Carbohydrate 64.8 g, Cholesterol 113.2 mg, Fat 41.7 g, Fiber 5.8 g, Protein 6.3 g, SaturatedFat 20.7 g, Sodium 286.5 mg, Sugar 30 g
FRUIT FOOL
For this dessert, most often I'll use apricot filling. But peach works just as well. On occasion, I have substituted apple or cherry filling, too.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 10m
Yield 4-6 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Combine the pie filling and whipped topping. Spoon into individual dessert dishes. If desired, sprinkle each with coconut and/or garnish with mint.
Nutrition Facts :
FRESH FRUIT FOOL
There is no foolishness about this dessert! Traditional English fruit fools derive their name from the French word 'fouler', meaning to crush. Thank goodness that this word was modified to 'fool', as I don't think too many of us would be keen to be making or eating 'foul' fruits! This recipe is one I have adapted from the Australian publication by Reader's Digest of a book jam-packed with traditional Australian recipes: 'Family Recipe Scrapbook: tried and trusted recipes for today's cooks'. I bought the book in preparation for the 2005 Zaar World Tour, so I could track down familiar recipes I've eaten often or heard of but not previously eaten. What I love about the recipes in this book is that from whatever decade or century past they come, they have been updated to suit C21st tastes. This is a prepare-ahead recipe, and the preparation and cooking times below do not include cooling times. BTW, 500g Australian = 455g Canadian = 1 pound American.
Provided by bluemoon downunder
Categories Dessert
Time 50m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Prepare the fruit according to the type - peel, core and slice apples; trim and chop rhubarb; halve and stone plums; top and tail gooseberries.
- Place the prepared fruit in a saucepan with 3/4 of the caster sugar and the water. Cover and cook over medium heat for 20 minutes, or until the fruit is very soft.
- Meanwhile, to make the custard, bring the pouring cream almost to the boil; lightly whisk the egg and egg yolk in a bowl with the remaining sugar, then stir in the hot cream and vanilla extract; place the bowl over a saucepan of gently boiling water and stir the mixture until it thickens enough to hold a slight trail and thinly coat the back of a spoon lifted out of the custard mixture. TAKE CARE NOT TO OVERHEAT the custard mixture or it may curdle.
- Remove the bowl from the saucepan and cover the surface closely with plastic wrap, right on the surface, to prevent a skin from forming. Allow the custard to cool then chill in the refrigerator.
- Purée the cooked fruit in a food processor or blender, or pass it through a nylon sieve. Chill the purée for at least 1 hour.
- Whisk the cream in a large bowl until it holds soft peaks.
- Combine the custard with the fruit purée and fold it gently into the whipped cream.
- Spoon the fool into tall glass parfait glasses and chill for 2 hours.
- To serve, sprinkle with pistachio nuts or decorate with flowers, and serve with my Shortbreads Recipe #139166.
- Variations: See Soft-fruit Fool Recipe #139165.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 352.3, Fat 25.2, SaturatedFat 15.3, Cholesterol 151.5, Sodium 39.8, Carbohydrate 30.6, Fiber 2, Sugar 25.5, Protein 3.3
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