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Black and Red Fruit Salad with Saffron Jelly and Verbena Posset

Name: Black and Red Fruit Salad with Saffron Jelly and Verbena Posset
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 0
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 nectarines, stoned and cut into wedges; 75g blueberries; 75g raspberries; 4 sticks lemongrass, roughly chopped; 200g caster sugar; 2 star anise pods; ¼ teaspoon powdered saffron; 75ml water; 2 leaves gelatine, soaked in cold water for one minute; Posset:; 450ml double cream; zest and juice of 2 lemons; 50g fresh lemon verbena leaves; 200g caster sugar; 150g prunes, halved

A sophisticated and scrumptious dessert or sunny afternoon treat.

Posted by: kim
On: 03/06/2010

Cuisine

British

Time

> 2 hrs

Skill Level

Newbie

Serves

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You will need

Ingredient	Add
2 nectarines, stoned and cut into wedges	Awaiting stock	More products
75g blueberries	Awaiting stock	More products
75g raspberries	Awaiting stock	More products
4 sticks lemongrass, roughly chopped		More products
200g caster sugar		More products
2 star anise pods		More products
¼ teaspoon powdered saffron	Awaiting stock	More products
75ml water
2 leaves gelatine, soaked in cold water for one minute
Posset:
450ml double cream	Awaiting stock	More products
zest and juice of 2 lemons		More products
50g fresh lemon verbena leaves
200g caster sugar		More products
150g prunes, halved		More products

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Method

First prepare the jelly by placing the lemongrass, anise pods and sugar into a blender and mixing until it looks like fine sugar.
Put the water in a pan and slowly bring to boil.
Simmer for 2 minutes, add the soaked gelatine and then strain.
This is now liquid jelly. Pour it into individual serving dishes about ¼” thick and then place into the fridge to set.
Posset:
Place the zest and juice of the lemons in a pan and mix with the cream, sugar and lemon verbena.
Heat gently and stir occasionally until the mixture is thickened, this takes about 5-6 minutes.
Strain out the verbena and pour it into a bowl.
Let it cool and put the fridge to set.
Dress the fruits attractively on the jelly and garnish with a good spoonful of the lemon verbena posset on one side, then serve.