Christmas Recipes > Christmas Syllabub

This recipe is part of the December 2005 Recipes Menu.


Starter - Prawn and Dill Avocados
Main Course (Meat) - Luxury Christmas Pie
Main Course (Vegetarian) - Celeriac Christmas Roulade
Dessert - Christmas Syllabub

How to make Christmas syllabub:
For a change from the traditional Christmas pudding why not try something different, like Syllabub?



Ingredients

2 whites of eggs
1 lemon
2 tablespoons sugar
1 wineglassful brandy
1 wineglassful sherry
1 pint cream
(see measure conversions for more information)

Method

- Beat the egg whites into a very stiff froth.
- Grate the lemon rind finely.
- Put the sugar, lemon juice, brandy and sherry into a basin and mix together.
- Stir in the cream.
- Add the eggs and a little of the lemon rind.
- Over a gentle heat, whisk the mixture well. Do NOT let it boil.
- Remove the froth as is appears and put it on fine muslin to drain.
- Pour the mixture into serving glasses, filling them each about half.
- Lightly drop the froth on top.
- Then serve.




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