Skip to main content

Lime and Lemon Posset

5.0

(39)

Image may contain Bowl Food Dish Meal Vase Pottery Jar Plant Confectionery and Sweets
Lime and Lemon PossetCon Poulos

"Posset" refers to an old English drink made in a way that's similar to this simple pudding. This dessert delivers great results with little effort.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes 6 servings

Ingredients

2 1/4 cups whipping cream
3/4 cup plus 1 teaspoon sugar
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1 teaspoon grated lime peel

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Bring cream and 3/4 cup sugar to boil over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Boil 3 minutes, stirring constantly, adjusting heat as needed to prevent mixture from boiling over. Remove from heat. Stir in lemon juice and lime juice and cool 10 minutes. Stir mixture again and divide among six 1/2-cup ramekins or custard cups. Cover and chill possets until set, at least 4 hours or overnight.

    Step 2

    Mix remaining 1 teaspoon sugar, lemon peel, and lime peel in small bowl. Sprinkle atop possets and serve with Lime and Lemon Friands .

Read More
We’ve got baked cheddar and leek pasta, maple-mustard sheet-pan salmon, and a strawberry shortcake roll.
The golden, crunchy corners are worth fighting over.
Keep this easy frittata recipe on hand for quick breakfasts, impressive brunches, and fridge clean-out meals.
Turn humble onions into this thrifty yet luxe pasta dinner.
Like spicy carrot rigatoni and weeknight-fancy ravioli with peas.
A veg-forward main or gets-along-with-everyone side.
Thinly sliced and cooked hot and fast, pork tenderloin is the juicy, cook-quicking weeknight champion of this vegetable-heavy stir-fry.
Not stuffed shells. But not not stuffed shells either.