Cassata

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 liter vanilla ice cream
• 1/2 teaspoon almond essence
• 300 ml cream
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 cup toasted almonds
• 50 g dark chocolate
• 1/2 cup chopped glace fruit

Recipe

• 1 soften the ice cream.
• 2 mix in the essence and use to line the base and sides of a 1 litre pudding basin leaving a cavity in the middle for the fruit mixture.
• 3 (a metal basin is good for this recipe) freeze until firm.
• 4 whip the cream and sugar together until peaks form.
• 5 chop the almonds and chocolate.
• 6 fold the glace fruit, almonds and chocolate into the whipped cream.
• 7 use to fill the cavity of the ice cream.
• 8 cover with foil and freeze until firm.
• 9 when ready to serve, dip the basin into very hot water quickly 2 or 3 times then invert and shake sharply onto a serving plate.
• 10 to serve, cut into wedges.