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Cranachan

HB-6669 · Hand-built original · British

Toasted jumbo oats sweetened with muscovado sugar are folded through whisky-spiked whipped mascarpone and cream with fresh raspberries. The cranachan is spooned into glasses and topped with the reserved crunchy oats and berries.

BritishDesserts40 minMakes 8VegetarianGluten-freeEgg-freeLow-SodiumHigh Fiber

Main ingredient: butter

Servings:8quantities adjust to match

Ingredients

  • knob of butter
  • 3½oz light muscovado sugar
  • 3½oz jumbo oats
  • 9oz mascarpone
  • ½ pint double cream
  • 2½fl oz whisky
  • 1lb raspberries

Method

  1. Stir the knob of butter, light muscovado sugar and jumbo oats in a saucepan over high heat for 4 to 5 minutes, until the oats are toasted and crunchy, then set them aside to cool.
  2. Whisk the mascarpone and double cream together in a bowl until the mixture holds soft peaks.
  3. Fold the whisky, 10½ oz of the raspberries and two-thirds of the cooled oats through the cream, keeping the raspberries as whole as you can.
  4. Spoon the cranachan into glasses and finish each one with the remaining raspberries and a scattering of the reserved crunchy oats.

Prep: 30 min · Cook: 10 min

Nutrition not computed — no serving count in the source recipe (per-serving values cannot be derived without one).

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