Lemon Posset
Lemon Posset is a silky smooth creamy British dessert made from only 3 ingredients. Perfect to serve at gatherings in individual servings.
Ingredients
- 500 ml heavy whipping cream
- 150 g castor white sugar
- zest of two lemons
- 80 ml lemon juice
Instructions
- If serving in lemons, cut the lemon half way through and remove the flesh with a spoon. Chop roughly the lemon flesh and place in a fine-mesh strainer, and squeeze the juice out with a spoon.*
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine the heavy whipping cream, sugar and lemon zest.
- Bring the mixture to a gentle simmer, stirring frequently let it simmer for about 10 minutes until the sugar dissolves and starts to thicken.
- Remove from the heat, stir in the lemon juice and let it rest for about 15 minutes.
- Strain the mixture through a fine-mesh strainer and discard the zest. However, you can skip this step if you want to keep the zest in the mixture.
- Pour the mixture into your halved cleaned lemons or in individual serving containers of your choice.
- Place in the fridge for at least 2/3 hours or in the freezer. You can also store them overnight in the fridge. Before serving garnish as desired.
Notes
*This method might lead extra lemon juice, as for this recipe you will use only a juice of about 2/3 lemons, however, with this recipe you will need 5 lemons to fill with the posset. Any extra lemon juice can be store in the fridge or freezer for future recipes.