Lemon & raspberry baskets

Lemon & raspberry baskets

By Jane Hornby
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5 mins work

Easy

Serves 6
With just five ingredients, this is a great little pud to have up your sleeve when you’re in a hurry

Nutrition and extra info

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal348
  • fat16g
  • saturates8g
  • carbs52g
  • sugars29g
  • fibre1g
  • protein3g
  • salt0.23g
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Ingredients

  • 50g dark chocolate, broken into pieces
    Dark chocolate soup pots with double cream in spoons

    Dark chocolate

    dahk chok-o-let

    Dark chocolate means the shiny, dark-reddish brown treat produced from the cacao bean, theobroma…

  • 325g jar good-quality lemon curd
  • 200g pot half-fat crème fraîche
  • 150g punnet raspberries
    Raspberries

    Raspberry

    ras-beh-ree

    A member of the rose family, raspberries have a wonderfully intense, sweet taste, and many…

  • 6 brandy snap baskets
    Brandy

    Brandy

    bran-dee

    Brandy is a distilled spirit made from virtually any fermented fruit or starchy vegetable.…

Method

  1. Melt the chocolate in the microwave for 2 mins on High, stirring halfway through. Meanwhile, stir together the lemon curd and the crème fraîche.

  2. Divide half the raspberries between the baskets, spoon over the lemon cream and top with the rest of the berries. Drizzle the dark chocolate over the tops of the baskets and leave in the fridge to set for 5-10 mins or up to 1 hr.

  • Recipe Tip

    Good Food know-how

    You can find brandy snap baskets in the biscuit section of most supermarkets. If you find some are broken when you open the pack, just lightly crush the rest and layer up in serving glasses with the raspberries and spoonfuls of lemony cream.

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hvroberts
9th Sep, 2019
1.05
I was really looking forward to doing this recipe for a BBQ with about 15 guests - looked quick and easy enough to do between courses. The flavour was lovely, but the filling was far too runny (even after an hour in the fridge post-mixing) and just poured out of the holes in the baskets, so I'm glad I only did one to start with! We ended up using the mixed filling as a sauce on the other desserts. I'll try again another day with less curd as per some of the reviews and see if that works.
nikkinor
3rd Oct, 2014
5.05
So easy and went down a treat with my guests. I followed some previous advice and started off with the creme fraiche then added 1 tbsp of lemon curd at a time until I was happy with result. Don't assemble too early or the baskets will go soft. I will definitely make this again.
jule955
2nd Mar, 2014
I did not like it. It was too lemony even though I had followed the advice given in comments to reduce the amount of lemon curd used. It tasted like lemony yoghurts you can get from suoermarkets to be honest. I thought the lemon and raspberries did not go together. Won't try it again I'm afraid.
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claraclutt
24th Nov, 2013
Yummy!Very simple to make. Went down very well with my guests. Would possibley use less lemon curd next time, maybe a squeeze of lemon juice to make is less sweet but more lemony? Will definitely make again.
angelasaha
12th May, 2013
5.05
Great quick desert to impress. I would definitely advise less lemon curd, I would stir in a tbs of lemon curd into the creme fresh at a time and adjust according to taste. I had lots of broken baskets unfortunately, I am welcome to more ideas on how to use them up!!
hturner8
4th May, 2013
yummy! nice and light, i made using crushed ginger snap biscuits in glass ramekins as couldn't be bothered to find brandy snap baskets!
annawestaway
17th Apr, 2013
4.05
Very simple and tasted great, but because I'd prepared them in advance, the baskets had started to go a little soggy.
goodpuppy
19th May, 2012
5.05
Made this for supper last night and it is so light and tasted lovely. Had to make my own brandy snap baskets as I live in France and could not buy them, but it was not difficult. I made everything ready just to assemble before eating, will definitely be making this again.
emmitybobs
3rd May, 2012
4.05
Apologies the randy Snap recipe wasn't on here, it was from the BBC Food site
emmitybobs
3rd May, 2012
4.05
Delicious. I made my own brandy snaps using the Mary Berry recipe on here, really quick & easy. I also used 300g of creme fraiche to 225g of lemon curd and added some lemon zest to the mixture as the original was a touch too sweet for my taste

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snubs123
3rd Sep, 2014
Would the flavours still work together if I used lime curd instead of lemon, please?
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goodfoodteam
16th Sep, 2014
Hi there, thanks for your question, yes this would be nice using lime curd too! Happy cooking.
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