Desserts Recipes - Zabaglione Recipe

Ingredients

Serves 4

• 4 egg yolks

• 75 g/3 oz caster sugar, plus extra for frosting the glasses

• grated rind of 1/2 lemon

• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, plus extra to serve

• 1 drop of vanilla extract

• 150 ml/1/4 pint Marsala

• 125 g/4 oz fruit (peaches, apricots, berries), sliced

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Method:

1. Place the egg yolks, caster sugar, lemon rind, cinnamon and vanilla extract in a heatproof bowl and beat with an electric whisk until thick, pale and creamy.

2. Place the bowl over a saucepan of simmering water and continue whisking. Slowly add the Marsala and whisk until the mixture is warm, frothy and thick.

3. To serve, dip the rims of 4 tall stemmed glasses in water, then in sugar to frost them.

4. Divide the fruit among the glasses, then spoon in the zabaglione. To serve, dust with a little extra cinnamon.