Blackberry Borage Fool

Name: Blackberry Borage Fool
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 79 milliliters borage flowers, plus extra for garnish; 946 milliliters fresh blackberries, divided; 1 Tbsp confectioners sugar; 1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger (from about 1/2 inch fresh ginger root); 237 milliliters heavy cream; 1 Tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice

Blackberry Borage Fool might be just the side dish you are searching for. This recipe makes 4 servings with 277 calories, 3g of protein, and 23g of fat each. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up blackberries, heavy cream, borage flowers, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Put heavy cream and borage flowers in a covered container and refrigerate for at least 2 hours and up to 24 hours. In a bowl, combine 2 cups of the blackberries with lime juice and ginger and let them infuse for the same amount of time as the cream.

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Blackberries

Cream

Lime Juice

Ginger

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Bowl

Mash the blackberry mixture by hand or in a food processor.

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Blackberries

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Food Processor

Strain borage-infused cream through a fine-mesh strainer and discard the solids.

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Cream

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Sieve

Combine with confectioners' sugar in the bowl of a mixer, and whip on medium-high speed for 5 minutes, or until cream is soft and billowy, but firm. Reserve a small amount for garnish, if desired.

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Powdered Sugar

Cream

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Blender

Bowl

Gently fold blackberry mash into borage cream. Divide the remaining 2 cups of blackberries between four tall cups or parfait glasses and top with the borage blackberry cream.

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Blackberries

Cream

Garnish with reserved borage cream, if desired, and borage flowers.

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Cream

To use borage flowers, first pluck the flower from the plant at the base of its stem. Then wash and dry the flowers and, using a thumb and forefinger, gently tug at one of the five blue petals. The blue flower should easily come apart from its hairy green star-shaped receptacle.

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Base

Reprinted with permission from Cooking with Flowers: Sweet and Savory Recipes with Rose Petals, Lilacs, Lavender, and Other Edible Flowers by Miche Bacher; photography by Miana Jun. Copyright © 2013 by Miche Bacher; photographs © 2013 by Quirk Productions, Inc. Published by Quirk Books

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Edible Flowers