Blackberry Fool.

BLACKBERRY FOOL
taken from Herald Sun 1/4/1997

Mum was a great collector of all sorts of recipes from many sources including Herald Sun.  After she passed on, I have been going through her massive collection  and will share as many as I can with you. All of these fool recipes mum made at some time and all are a delightful dessert

 

INGREDIENTS:

500G Blackberries ( fresh or frozen)

½ cup of caster sugar

2 tablespoons of water

1 and ½ cups of pure cream

2 tablespoons crème de cassis (or other berry liqueur)

 

METHOD

1.     Place blackberries, sugar and water in a pot.

2.     Gently cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes or until juice runs from the fruit.  Then cool.

3.     Whip cream to soft peaks.

4.     Stir in blueberries with fork, crushing as you fold.

5.     Spoon a little crème de cassis to serve.