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Syllabub

Syllabub

Ingredients
  # one eighth of a pint (75ml) sherry
# half a pint (300ml) double cream
# 2 oz. (50g) caster sugar
# juice and grated rind of half a lemon
# a few ratafias
# lemon slices, to decorate
 
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Preparation
  # Stir together the lemon juice, grated lemon rind, sherry and sugar until the sugar has dissolved
# Blend in the cream and whip lightly
# Crush the ratafias and place in the bottom of individual dishes
# Arrange the syllabub on top of the ratafias , decorate with lemon slices and serve chilled

 

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