Coconut Custards With Lime Strawberries

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 150 ml good quality ready-made custard
• 100 g creamed coconut, in a block
• 500 g small strawberries
• 1 teaspoon lime juice
• 85 g icing sugar
• 250 g mascarpone
• 2 finely grated limes, zest of

Recipe

• 1 pour the custard into a small, heavy-based pan and grate in the creamed coconut. heat gently until the coconut dissolves, then remove frome the heat and leave to cool.
• 2 hull and halve two-thirds of the strawberries and put to one side. blitz the rest with the lime juice and 2 tablespoons of the icing sugar. set aside. tip the mascarpone into a large bowl and beat in the cooled coconut custard. add half of the lime zest and the remaining icing sugar and mix until smooth.
• 3 divide two-third of the custard mixture between six large glasses. follow with a layer of strawberry halves. pour over some strawberry sauce, then finish with the remaining custard. chill for at least an hour, then top with the remaining lime zest before serving.