3-Ingredient Lemon Posset (Printer View)

Silky lemon cream set with just heavy cream, sugar, and fresh lemon juice.

# Components:

→ Dairy

01 - 2 cups heavy cream

→ Sweetener

02 - 2/3 cup granulated sugar

→ Citrus

03 - 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (approximately 2 lemons)

# Method:

01 - In a medium saucepan, combine heavy cream and granulated sugar. Heat gently over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until sugar fully dissolves and mixture just begins to simmer without boiling.
02 - Remove saucepan from heat and stir in freshly squeezed lemon juice until fully blended.
03 - Let mixture cool for five minutes, then evenly pour into four small ramekins or serving glasses.
04 - Cover and refrigerate for a minimum of three hours until set with a silky, creamy texture.
05 - Serve cold, optionally garnished with lemon zest or fresh berries.

# Expert Advice:

01 -
  • It tastes like you spent hours in the kitchen when you actually spent ten minutes, which is the best kind of kitchen secret.
  • The texture is pure silk—somehow both light and luxuriously creamy without a trace of fussiness.
  • Three ingredients means nothing can go wrong, and you probably have everything right now.
02 -
  • Don't let the cream boil—it breaks something essential about the texture and you'll end up with something thin and disappointing instead of that silk you're after.
  • The lemon juice is what does the setting, so it has to be fresh and real, not something that's been sitting in a bottle since last year.
03 -
  • If you want to add personality, grate a tiny bit of lemon zest right into the cream before heating—it makes the flavor even more complex and fragrant.
  • You can swap the lemon for lime or even blood orange if you want a different moment, but something in the posset's DNA is purely lemon.
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