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Gooseberry Recipes
If your gooseberry repertoire extends only as far as crumble, it's time to think again. Delia offers some berry good ideas and inspiration here...
Serves 6Gooseberry and Elderflower Jellies
A marriage made in heaven, gooseberries and elderflowers complement each other perfectly - an example of nature at its best, as both ingredients are in season at the same time! These jellies are a refreshing summer pud.
Serves 4English Gooseberry Creams with Elderflower and Gooseberry Compote
What a wonderful way to use up excess gooseberries! This recipe combines creaminess and a fruity compote to mouthwatering effect.
Serves 6Italian Rice Creams with Gooseberry and Elderflower Puree
Blackcurrants, raspberries or redcurrants can be used instead of gooseberries, but either way we just know you'll love this grown-up, prepare-ahead version of rice pudding!
Serves 6-8 – makes 2 pints (1.2 litres)Gooseberry and Elderflower Ice Cream
This ice cream is unbelievably good. Perhaps one of the best treats of early summer would be to serve A Very Easy One Crust Gooseberry Pie accompanied by home-made ice cream: what a combination!
Serves 6Gooseberry Yoghurt Fool
I now find that lusciously thick genuine Greek yoghurt makes the best fruit fool of all, as it allows the full flavour of the fruit to dominate. If you're serving this to someone who doesn't like yoghurt, don't worry – they won't know.
Makes 3 x 1 lb (350 ml capacity) jarsGooseberry and Elderflower Preserve
Was it a happy accident or nature's clever plan, that while English gooseberries are ripe and ready for picking, the elderflower trees are in full blossom, and that the flavours of the two together are superlative? Now that elderflower is concentrate
Serves 6English Gooseberry Cobbler
This is a classic English version of a fruit cobbler, but speeded up with the aid of a food processor – which makes it one of the fastest baked fruit desserts imaginable.
Serves 6-8Gooseberry and Creme Fraiche Tart
This has to be one of the easiest fruit tarts to make in the world. The filling is essentially gooseberries and custard set in a pastry crust. I have found that a teaspoon of balsamic vinegar somehow really gives an added flavour dimension without be
Serves 6A Very Easy One-crust Gooseberry Pie
This American idea for making a pie is blissfully easy – no baking tins and no lids to be cut, fitted and fluted. It looks very attractive because you can see the fruit inside and, because there is less pastry, it's a little easier on the waistline.
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