Sunday, December 15, 2013

Christmas Ice Cream


Christmas Ice Cream

1 cup mixed dried fruit
2 cups Port or Sherry
4 pints Vanilla Ice cream
Soak dried fruit in Port or Sherry overnight in the fridge. If you will be serving to children, bring the Port or Sherry to the boil for 5 minutes, to cook off the alcohol but retain the flavour. If you would like to omit the alcohol all together, you can soak the fruit in water with a snapped cinnamon stick.
Take the ice cream out of the freezer and allow to soften, not to a liquid state but so that you can stir it easier.
Drain the fruit – reserve the Port/Sherry for a recipe such as a sauce or glaze (it should keep in the fridge for a long while).
Stir the fruit through the ice cream, making sure it’s evenly distributed.
Transfer to a container and put back in the freezer.
Take out of the freezer half an hour before serving, to make scooping easier.

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