Berry gratin

Cooking : time less than 10 mins

Ingredients

400g/14oz mixed berries, stemmed, stoned and washed
2 egg, yolks only
30g/1oz butter
55g/2oz caster sugar
1 lemon, zest only
3 tbsp white wine
6 tbsp double cream

Method

1. Put all the fruit in a sauce pan with half the sugar, all the butter and all the lemon zest. Cover and simmer for 3 minutes, then set aside.
2. For the sabayon, mix the egg yolks, white wine and remaining sugar in a bowl. Place the bowl in pan of simmering water (double boiler or bain marie).
3. Whisk the warming mixture until it becomes three to four times its original volume, then bring off the heat and set aside.
4. Whip the double cream and fold into the sabayon.
5. To serve, fill the base of the serving dish with the lightly cooked fruit. Spoon the sabayon generously over the fruit and brown with a blow torch or under a hot grill.

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