Common Sense in the Household: A Manual of Practical Housewifery

by Marion Harland

Gooseberry Fool.

• 1 quart of gooseberries, ripe.
• 1 tablespoonful butter.
• 1 cup of sugar.
• Yolks of four eggs.
• Méringue of whites, and 3 tablespoonfuls sugar.

Stew the gooseberries in just water enough to cover them. When soft and broken, rub them through a sieve to remove the skins. While still hot beat in the butter, sugar, and the whipped yolks of the eggs. Pile in a glass dish, or in small glasses, and heap upon the top a méringue of the whipped whites and sugar.