SC - Syllabub - does anyone have a period recipe?

[Lorix]

Philip & Susan Troy wrote:

> Lorix wrote:
> >
> > Now, as the fruit is seasonal (and cause the
> > Baroness has requested serving of copious
> > quantities of strawberries) it is cheaper for
> > me to buy in Dec/Jan & freeze but I have
> > found that when defrosted the fruit is really
> > squishy.
> >
> > Hence the syllabub idea.  Now I have some
> > lovely OOP recipes for syllabub, but I was
> > hoping that someone with a better library
> > than mine might have a recipe, please,
> > please?
>
> Hmm. I don't believe I've ever heard of strawberry syllabub. Would you
> be thinking of a fool, by any chance?

Highly probable . . . much of my cooking is from 'family' recipes so they could
have started as anything!

> Syllabub is a foamy/creamy concoction usually made with wine. A fool uses
> fruit, normally mixed with whipped cream or a custard-y element. They tend to
> be pretty late
> period, though, IIRC. I'll see what I can find, but what immediately
> comes to mind is any of several variants on fresees, a sauce or pottage
> made from thickened, strained strawberry puree. Basically the equivalent
> of syrosye, made with strawberries instead of cherries.

No the variation of Syrosye I hadn't thought of, and I have a recipe for that
one! :-)

Thanks Master, for your future efforts as well as the above suggestion
>snip

Lorix

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