Disaster - or not?

[tim]

Daughter making a fool for the Village Hall - 600ml Double Cream/3 Eggs/juice 6 Oranges/ rind one/sugar - stir over heat till thickens.

After 10-15 min at near boiling, it doesn't!!

WHY??  It should not boil, should it?

[tim]

[debster]

ok Tim just hubby firstly he wants to know why she is adding eggs cos the fools he makes are fruit reduced down stirred into to sweetened cream whipped to soft peaks, fold in natural yogurt
he says what she is making sounds like a bavrois but these usually have gelatin added and dont set fully however he did say with taking the cream to near boiling point it has to be as close to boiling as possible, too low wont thicken, too high it curdles
apologies if she has a recipe for a fool that you boil just telling you what he learnt

[tim]

Thanks - this is a Fat Ladies heritage recipe.

Do wish people would practice first. 'Specially for tomorrow's party!!

[calendula]

maybe too much juice, and it could thicken up when it goes cool  :)

[PurpleHeather]

Arrowroot or cornflour should correct the refusal to thicken.

Will it whip when it is cold? if so add a nearly set orange jelly (mixed with half a pint of water instead of a full pint).

If all else fails freeze for icecream shame to waste all that cream.

Quick way to make a creamy desert;

Whip the 600ml cream add a full tub of cream cheese, stir in the fruit and icing sugar, chill to set.

The cream and cream cheese mix can be used to do tiramisu, cheese cakes and fools. Just add the flavour or fruits to suit.

The 88 recipe I once tried didn't work out either, thought it was me.