Cassata

Name: Cassata
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 6 wedges, 6 serving(s)
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

Submitted by ltdsaloon16r

"Delicious! Found this in a magazine at my Doctors surgery, as our Summer is at Christmas time here in NZ, its the perfect dessert."

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Ready In:: 20mins
Ingredients:: 7
Yields:: 6 wedges
Serves:: 6

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

directions

Soften the ice cream.
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.
(A metal basin is good for this recipe) Freeze until firm.
Whip the cream and sugar together until peaks form.
Chop the almonds and chocolate.
Fold the glace fruit, almonds and chocolate into the whipped cream.
Use to fill the cavity of the ice cream.
Cover with foil and freeze until firm.
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.
To serve, cut into wedges.

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Reviews

Delicious !!! This a great dessert for anytime you need something impressive but light. Other than using more ice cream than called for (since I needed to fill a larger bowl), the only thing I did differently was to add 2 Tablespoons of Cointreau to the filling mixture. Since I needed more ice cream I made layers of strawberry, vanilla, chocolate.

Vicki G.