For another traditional no bake English dessert, take a look at our magnificent and easy Banoffee Pie.
If you are the type who’s never made a proper dessert apart from a fruit salad, this recipe is for you! Easy, delicious and despite an unusual name, posset tastes like a no-bake lemon cheesecake. And who doesn’t love a good cheesecake!
What is Posset?
Posset is an ancient British pudding, and lately it’s been experiencing a bit of renaissance here in England. I’ve been seeing it everywhere. New cookbooks, shiny magazine pages and social media. I couldn’t wait to give a go myself but was too busy with my course work to busy myself in the kitchen. My husband knew nothing of this. He just chose to make it because it looked simple enough.
This pudding, and I use the word ‘pudding’ here as Brits do as in “anything sweet”, is some sort of magic. All you do is mix cream with citrus and pop it in the fridge, and somehow it sets and turns into heavenly cheesecake-like little bites! Traditionally posset doesn’t have a crumb base but we decided it would be a welcome addition. If you make it without it, your posset will taste similar to a creamy mousse. Not too dissimilar to another British classic pudding a curd.
How to Make It
The method is quite simple. The only ingredients, needed for the success of the recipe, are heavy cream, lemon juice and sugar. The lemon juice, when heated with the cream, does its job, and the posset sets into a silky smooth substance when chilled in a fridge. To make it a bit more interesting, we’ve also add the juice of a grapefruit and vanilla bean. Feel free to use orange instead or lemon juice alone. You can also substitute the vanilla bean with liquid vanilla.
This pudding, infused with flavours of warm and comforting vanilla, then hit with bold lemon and cheeky grapefruit. We filled all little cups and glasses we had around no matter shape or size! This way, when you are feeling peckish you can have a tiny glassful of lil something for your sweet tooth. No guilt!
More Traditional British Dessert Recipes:
Victoria Sponge Cake Rhubarb Bakewell Tart Banoffee Tarts Blueberry Limoncello Trifle
- Recipe slightly adapted from Jamie’s Great Britain by Jamie Oliver
