Ice Cream Ideas

Ice Cream Adventures

Ice cream in its many forms and flavours adds delight to food in many ways - from a simple side dish to special occasion ice cream cakes.

Ways to serve ice cream:

• Brownie Sandwich.
• Sandwiched between shortbreads.
• Sandwiched between thin wafer biscuits or Florentines, sprinkled with icing sugar.
• In a tall glass with fresh, cooked or soused fruits.
• Moulded as a terrine, and then sliced.

Or create a signature ice cream with these flavour combinations:

• Maple and pecan or macadamia.
• Caramel and fresh date.
• Rose water, chopped Turkish delight and flavoured toasted almonds.
• Roughly chopped praline.
• Chopped fresh mango and passionfruit pulp.
• Fresh raspberries and chopped baci chocolate.
• Dried chopped figs and muscat or sauterne wine.
• Orange rind and orange blossom water.
• Orange, lemon and lime rind.
• Cinnamon stick and mixed spice.
• Lime rind and passionfruit pulp.

Also try:

• As the perfect partner to hot apple pie.
• Sandwiched between two choc chip cookies or brownies for dessert.
• Premium ice cream in tiny waffle cones.
• Layered ice cream terrines.
• Giant ‘Coupe Glace’ or ice cream sundaes.
• Layered between puff or filo pastry or shortbread.
• Crumbed in cake crumbs, almonds or pistachios frozen and flash deep fried.
• Balls of hard frozen ice cream, dipped in chocolate and then refrozen.
• With Greek-style sour cherries in syrup and crisp almond bread.
• Home made cinnamon ice cream with rich fruit mince and shortbread.
• Poached peaches with vanilla bean ice cream and crushed raspberries.

Affogato

Then there’s Affogato, a very simple yet most creative use of ice cream. Place two scoops of a favourite ice cream in cocktail glass or small bowl. On the side, serve two shot glasses - one with a liqueur to complement the ice cream flavour, the other with a shot of espresso. Pour coffee then liqueur over the ice cream and scoop up the creamy mixture… a taste sensation!

(Cheats Affogato may be made with good quality instant coffee sprinkled on top of the ice cream and adding a shot of whisky).