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Very simple delicious lemon dessert please?

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timeisnotaline · 13/07/2019 19:50

We are in Spain and our garden is full of lemons. I’d make lemon delicious pudding (self saucing) but you have to whip egg whites, and I don’t feel like doing that with a fork. Assume limited ingredients available, and it’s over 30 degrees. Any suggestions? I’m a decent cook and a little fussy, but a thread not so long ago about super easy show piece desserts and lots of them sounded amazing so I’ve high hopes (& I’ve pinned them!)

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timeisnotaline · 13/07/2019 19:51

I mean on holiday in Spain, in a fairly rustically equipped house so standard minimal holiday home equipment.

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RNBrie · 13/07/2019 19:52

Lemon possett only has 3 ingredients cream, lemons and sugar. The BBC recipe wirks really well www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/lemonpossetwithlemon_85812/amp

DeRigueurMortis · 13/07/2019 19:54

RM beat me to it!

Was about to say Lemon Posset.

It's quick, easy and delicious.

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Julykthat · 13/07/2019 19:55

Oh your second post shattered my illusions! I had a Technicolor vision of your rustic hacienda/rural Spanish idyll and was 🤢 with envy!

No idea but if I was there in person I'm sure I'd have loads (hint for next time😁)

Katinski · 13/07/2019 19:58

Bloody hell! Logged in specially to say Lemon Posset!!! It's the only pud I knowGrin

MotherForkinShirtBalls · 13/07/2019 20:04

Lemon posset for at least three meals a day. Also good to add in lime if you want to mix things up a bit.

Bloodycats · 13/07/2019 20:05

Pancakes! I love a sugary lemon pancake 🤤

Bloodybridget · 13/07/2019 20:08

Homemade lemonade is very delicious too, although of course packed with sugar!

avalanching · 13/07/2019 20:08

I love an old school syllabub

Outsomnia · 13/07/2019 20:10

Just juice them, save some juice for home grilled fish or lamb, and keep the rest (with a bit of sugar) for drizzling over ice cream.

Anything else in 30+ degrees would be beyond me!

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timeisnotaline · 13/07/2019 20:12

I forgot lemon posset, I’m not English. Will give it a go. Lemon juice over ice cream sounds nice! Yes to fresh grilled food but if I take a photo of the bbq you will see that rustic means rustic.
And it is idyllic, just an unequipped idyll!

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Chottie · 13/07/2019 20:31

OP - I imagined you in a family finca which has been the family home for generations, picking lemons from a tree planted by your DGM as a child..... :)

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timeisnotaline · 13/07/2019 21:00

Now I want this life everyone assumed I have! The reality is I’ve worked late every night for the last two weeks, with a toxic guy in charge of my team who told me everything I did was crap while I kept the clients happy, my pil were staying last week and the week before in our teeny flat and then last night I sprinted out the door of work at 5:30 Friday leaving them in a good shape to take a weeks break!

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EnidButton · 13/07/2019 21:04

We are in Spain and our garden is full of lemons

Ssh don't ruin it. I'm imagining Captain Corelli levels of romance (even though that's Italy not Spain...) and long lazy breakfasts in the sun dappled courtyard, the lemon scented breeze blowing through your salty hair.

Lemon sorbet or lemon meringue pie are my faves.

DeRigueurMortis · 13/07/2019 21:39

Lemon sorbet is also a good call from a pp.

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timeisnotaline · 13/07/2019 21:43

enidbutton well dh did bring a Louis de bernieres book, so basically you’re spot on Grin. He bought it because he thought I’d like it too.
It’s 20 to 11 and the 4 yo has just gone to sleep, and the one year old is still up taking everyone’s books off them and pretending to read them. Any minute now he will probably Jekyll and Hyde and tear out a few pages. Idyllic. Pfffft.

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Tavannach · 13/07/2019 21:47

Second Syllabub

Yellowweatherwarning · 13/07/2019 21:49

Lemon curd!

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timeisnotaline · 13/07/2019 21:59

Syllabub sounds amazing! I don’t have a whisk 😔. I could give it a go though. when they first made it they probably didn’t have a whisk either, but I do think those cooks probably had serious muscles.
As I’m in a rustic idyll naturally I shall make it by milking the cow directly into the wine. Nothing else would be acceptable.

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MustardScreams · 13/07/2019 22:04

www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2016/03/sunny-lemon-bars-recipe.html

These, oh my word these! I make them and eat them within the space of about an hour. I up the lemon juice/zest as I like mine really tangy. No whipping necessary!

Dogdogcat · 13/07/2019 22:06

Lemon sherbert!
www.joyofbaking.com/LemonSherbet.html

TheInebriati · 13/07/2019 22:15

Make some lemon syrup to store the lemon flavour.
www.thespruceeats.com/lemon-simple-syrup-4011997

Proper brewed lemonade is made in the same way as ginger beer. You can make it in a 5l water jug.
www.techmonkeybusiness.com/home-brewed-lemonade.html

Tavannach · 13/07/2019 22:27

Batidora globo is what you want for syllabub if there's a neighbour you can ask for a loan.

ComingtoKent · 13/07/2019 23:09

These are fab and so easy - good old Mary Berry! www.easytoswallow.co.uk/lemon-cream-pots.html

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timeisnotaline · 15/07/2019 11:39

I just trawled the alcohol aisle looking for batidora globo @Tavannach Then came out, googled it and realised. That college semester of intensive Spanish has clearly left me Grin

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