Frozen Christmas Pudding

Total Time: 25 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 24 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 (250 g) package plain sweet biscuits
• 100 g butter
• 300 ml cream
• 2 -3 teaspoons brandy
• 1 1/2 cups glace fruit
• 1 liter vanilla ice cream
• 1/4-1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup chopped cherries

Recipe

• 1 crush biscuits finely and place in a bowl.
• 2 melt butter and add to the crumbs.
• 3 mix well grease a 7 cup pudding bowl, and line completely with the crumbs.
• 4 refrigerate till firm.
• 5 whip cream with the brandy until thick but not stiff.
• 6 fold in the fruit mince.
• 7 spoon the mix into the biscuit lined bowl.
• 8 use a spatula to smooth the mixture evenly up the sides of the bowl, so that there is a hollow centre.
• 9 freeze for an hour.
• 10 soften the ice cream but do not melt.
• 11 stir in the chocolate chips annd cherries.
• 12 fill the centre cavity with this mix.
• 13 cover with plastic wrap and return to the freezer for 24 hours.
• 14 to serve invert bowl on a platter, place a hot tea towel around bowl, (you may have to soak the towel a few times in hot water) and pudding will soon leave the sides of the bowl.