Oh what a fool am I...

Still stressed from the baby I needed something sweet to eat...

I found these recipes in the saturday "Times"

Wikipedia defines a 'fool' as... "(obsolete spelling foole) is an English dessert generally made by mixing puréed fruit, whipped cream, sugar, and possibly a flavouring agent like rose water"....thats close enough for me!!

Lemon and basil fool

200ml double cream
200ml Greek yoghurt
300g lemon curd
Handful of basil leaves, 
finely chopped
Handful of raspberries, crushed

Whisk cream to form soft peaks.

Fold in yoghurt, lemon curd and basil.

Chill. Top with crushed raspberries. Serve.

Banana and chocolate fool

4 large ripe bananas, peeled

75g icing sugar
Juice of 1 lemon
150ml double cream
150ml Greek yoghurt
50g dark chocolate

Put bananas, sugar and lemon juice in blender. Purée.

Whisk cream to form soft peaks. Fold in yoghurt and fruit purée.

Chill. Grate over chocolate. Serve.

Mango fool

2 ripe mangos

3 tbsp icing sugar
200ml double cream
200ml Greek yoghurt
2 mint sprigs, finely chopped
1 tsp vanilla extract

Peel and stone mangos. 
Put two thirds of the fruit 
in blender with 1 tbsp icing 
sugar. Purée.

(Sieve if you can 
be bothered.)

Whisk cream to form soft peaks.

Fold in yoghurt, mint, vanilla, remaining sugar and 
fruit purée.

Decorate with remaining fruit. Chill. Serve.

Enjoy with your children and those you love!!