Dessert Recipes > Apple and Honey Ice Cream with Blackcurrant Sauce

This recipe is part of the October 2008 Recipes Menu


Starter - Oyster Mushroom Savoury Tart
Main Course - Lamb Fillet Hot Pot
Dessert - Apple and Honey Ice Cream with Blackberry Sauce

How to make apple and honey ice cream with blackcurrant sauce:
An ice cream that uses harvest fruits to full advantage. Don't worry if you don't have an ice cream maker as it is very easy to make by hand.



Ingredients

Apple and Honey Ice Cream
8oz Bramley cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced
1 1/2 tablespoons runny honey (or to taste)
275ml whipping cream, whipped to a soft peak

for sauce:

8oz blackberries
sugar to taste
(see measure conversions for more information)

Method

- Put the honey and apples into a saucepan and cook until pulpy.
- Cool the mixture a little and then puree in a food processor.
- Allow to cool.
- Fold in the whipped cream.
- Put into a suitable container like an old plastic ice cream container.
- Freeze until firm; beat once or twice during freezing to prevent formation of ice crystals.
- To make the sauce put the blackberries and sugar into a saucepan.
- Cook until pulpy.
- Allow to cool.
- Puree in the food processor.
- Press through a sieve, discarding pips.
- Chill and serve with the ice cream.

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