Next weekend I’m helping cater a sit down Birthday lunch and this is the dessert……so……..naturally I had to greedily sample the recipe for myself before inflicting the sweet, creamy and fresh mouth watering dessert on the poor awaiting guests. The sampling was hard. I may have to do it again tomorrow too.
If you’re fed up with the rainy English weather, this will help you melt away into the tropical Caribbean…
- 250ml double cream
- 250ml coconut cream/milk
- 2 ½ gelatine leaves
- 55g caster sugar
- 1 lime, zest and juice of ½
- Soak the gelatine leaves in cold water
- On a low heat, warm the double cream, sugar and lime zest and juice in a saucepan until the sugar dissolves, and the mixture is thin and smooth and bring up to near boiling point
- Just before the boil, remove from the heat and stir in the coconut milk/cream. Squeeze the excess water from the gelatine and whisk into the hot cream until dissolved.
- I served mine in ramekins to remove the hassle of having to turn them out but if you want to do this then fill into a greased mould (makes about 4 large or 5 small ones)
- Once the mixture has cooled, chill in the fridge to set for at least 3 hours but preferably overnight!
Lime Melts
- 6 oz unsalted butter
- 110g Icing sugar
- Grated zest of 3 limes
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 200g flour
- 2 tbsp cornflour
- ¼ tsp salt
(I have converted this from American cups to grams so hopefully it works out, although use your instinct to get the right consistency of the dough which should be like shortbread)
- In a food processor, cream the butter and 40g of the icing sugar until fluffy. Add the lime zest, juice and vanilla and cream again
- Sieve the flour, cornflour and salt into the bowl and process until combined
- Split the dough in half and roll into logs of the size biscuit you want and wrap in parchment
- Chill for 1 hour
- Preheat the oven to 180°C and line two baking trays with parchment. Slice the dough into rounds and place on the baking tray
- Bake for about 12minutes until barely golden and then leave to cool for a couple of minutes.
- While still warm, sieve the remaining icing sugar into a sealable bag and place the cookies inside. Toss in the sugar-filled bag until coated.
(The logs also freeze well!)
