DAY Recipe

Impressive — and a breeze to put together. The bombe is just a layering of purchased ice cream, sorbet and cookies, and it’s topped off with a store-bought fudge sauce spruced up with chocolate chips and brandy. For Valentine’s Day, dress up the dessert even more with chocolate curls and maraschino cherries. Begin preparing this [...]

INGREDIENTS

3 cups mint chocolate chip ice cream , softened
7 cups vanilla ice cream , softened
1/2 cup crushed candy canes
For the chocolate sauce (optional)
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (or 6 oz. semisweet chocolate, cut up)
2/3 cup light creamor half-and-half cream
3 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons peppermint extractor mint liqueur

DIRECTIONS

Spray a 2-qt. mold with nonstick coating.
Spread softened mint chip ice cream in the mold and smooth the surface evenly. Freeze for 30 minutes.
Spread about *half* of the vanilla ice [...]

INGREDIENTS

1 large mango , finely chopped
160 g tinned pineapple chunks , drained
60 ml Grand Marnier
250 g fresh strawberries , pureed
400 g condensed milk
600 ml whipping cream
80 g honey-nougat chocolate bars, chopped
35 g unsalted pistachios , roughly chopped
extra strawberries , halved, to garnish

DIRECTIONS

Lightly grease a 2 litre pudding basin and lime with plastic wrap, allowing the wrap to hang over the sides of the basin. Put in freezer until ready to use. Drain the mango and pineapple in a sieve.
Mix [...]

In this recipe, the elderflower concentrate gives the ice cream a delicate, fruity flavor, but 1 teaspoon vanilla stirred into 1/4 cup additional milk makes a delicious substitute.

Makes 8 servings.

INGREDIENTS
for elderflower ice cream

2 cups heavy cream

1 cup whole [...]

Serves 8.

INGREDIENTS
for the macadamia nut ice cream

3/4 stick (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter

1 1/2 cups (a 7-ounce jar) salted macadamia nuts, chopped fine

2 large eggs, beaten until foamy

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar

2 cups heavy [...]