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Recipe : Gooseberry fool

1 punnet of gooseberries, pink or green or both

1/4 - 1/3 cup of sugar, depending on your preference (start with 1/4 cup and increase to 1/3 of a cup if it's not sweet enough for you, or even more if you have a sweet tooth).

2 tbsp water

4 tbsp whipping cream, whipped to soft peaks

2 digestive biscuits, crumbled or smashed in a bag with a rolling pin (optional)

An extra sprinkling of sugar (optional)

Place the gooseberries, sugar and water in a pan over low heat and let the mixture slowly boil down to a mush. It's nice to have a few berries still intact or partly intact to provide some bite. Stir fairly frequently to avoid sticking. (Add more water if it does start to stick).

Remove from the heat, let cool completely and refrigerate for an hour or so to chill.

Place the crumbled digestives (if using) in the bottom of a glass or bowl, top with 1/4 of the gooseberries, then 1/4 of the whipped cream (with some extra sugar if you want, and that little drop of booze) and then another 1/4 of the fruit, finished with another 1/4 dollop of cream to create 4 (or 5) pretty layers.

Repeat with another glass and you have two fools, ready to devour.