Minted Apple Fool

From the Hunters' Lodge, Broadway, Worcestershire

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 2  large cooking apples, peeled and cut into pieces
• 1⁄2 cup water
• 1⁄2 cup powdered sugar
• 1⁄2  lemon, juice of
• 16  mint leaves
• 3⁄4 cup  cream, stiffly whipped

Directions

1. In a saucepan combine the apples, water, sugar, lemon juice and half the mint leaves.
2. Cover and simmer for approximately 15 minutes or until the apples are soft. Puree mixture.
3. Cool, refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours, fold in the cream and serve in glass bowls decorated with the remaining mint leaves.
4. Note: cooking time does not include cooling time.