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Ice Cream Desserts

Perfect for a hot, South African Christmas day!
Chill out during this hot days with these favourite ice cream desserts, available from the Spar recipes website: https://www.spar.co.za/Recipes

Christmas Mince Pie
& Gingerbread
Ice Cream Dessert

 

HINTS & TIPS
A 350 g slab of un-iced SPAR Christmas
cake may be substituted for the fruit
mince pies.

WHAT YOU NEED
• 8 SPAR Freshline Ginger Man Biscuits
(1 x 200 g box).

• 2 litres SPAR Vanilla ice cream (1 tub).

• 6-pack SPAR Freshline fruit mince pies,
cut into small pieces.

• 180 g slab nut chocolate chopped.

• 2 peanut brittle slabs (100 g each)
roughly crushed.

 

HOW TO DO IT
Line a 20cm diameter spring form cake tin with a circle traced and cut to fit the base, and a long deep strip of greaseproof paper against the sides. While doing this, allow the ice cream to soften slightly at room temperature, to allow
you to gently blend in the mince pie pieces, chocolate and peanut brittle.

Pile the ice cream mix into the lined cake tin and press it in well. Level off then refreeze immediately until required. Just before serving, remove the cake tin sides and base and peel away the greaseproof paper from the sides and place onto a serving platter. Stand the biscuits
alongside each other, with their hands just touching, all around the cake, relying on the ice cream to help secure them.

Blueberry &
Rosemary Ice Cream

HINTS & TIPS
Min. 6 hours freezing time (or overnight).

WHAT YOU NEED
• 4 cups SPAR Frozen Blueberries.

•  1/3 cup lemon juice.

•  ¾ cup SPAR white sugar.

•  1 sprig of SPAR Freshline rosemary.

•  1 tin SPAR condensed milk.

•  2 cups fresh cream

 

HOW TO DO IT
Blend blueberries in a blender until smooth. Pass through a sieve and discard pips. In a medium saucepan place blueberry juice, lemon juice, sugar and rosemary. Bring to the boil and then simmer for 10 minutes until mixture is
slightly thickened.

Pour liquid through a sieve and place liquid in the fridge to chill. Once liquid is completely chilled, pour ¾ of the liquid in a bowl and stir in condensed milk set aside. Whip cream up to stiff peaks. Take half of cream and fold through the
mixed berry condensed milk mixture, until completely combined. Fold through the remaining cream. Pour mixture in a container, and use the ¼ left over liquid/ syrup to swirl through ice cream mixture. Place in freezer for at least 6 hours or overnight for best results.

Lemon Curd
Ice Cream

 

4-8 hrs to freeze | Yields 1.5 litres

HINTS & TIPS
The second whipping stage is vital to a
light texture without crunchy ice crystals
spoiling the texture.

WHAT YOU NEED
• 1 can SPAR condensed milk.

•  1 ½ cans full SPAR plain double cream
yoghurt (use the empty condensed
milk can).

•  1 can full lemon curd.

•  250 ml SPAR cream, stiffly whipped.

 

HOW TO DO IT
Pour the condensed milk into a medium
mixing bowl. Scrape out the can well.
Use the empty condensed milk can as
your measure for the yoghurt and lemon
curd, adding both of these ingredients
into the condensed milk and blending
until evenly coloured.

Whip the cream until firm peaks form, then fold it thoroughly into the lemon mixture.
Freeze for 2 ½ – 3 hours until beginning to
freeze around the sides of the bowl. Whip
well, and return to the freezer, preferably
overnight.

Fig and pecan nut frozen dessert

 

WHAT YOU NEED
• 1 head SPAR Freshline broccoli,
rinsed.
• 1 packet Tennis Biscuits.

•  1 ½ tubs (345g) cream cheese.

•  ½ cup icing sugar, sifted.

•  4 preserved figs, cut into strips.

•  ¼ cup roasted pecans nuts, chopped.

•  3 pieces crystallized ginger, chopped. Zest of 1 lemon.

•  ½ tsp vanilla essence.

•  Chopped pistachios and mint leaves.GANACHE

•  100g dark chocolate, chopped.

•  80g cream.

 

HOW TO DO IT
Whisk the icing sugar into the cream cheese with an electric mixer, until smooth. Add lemon zest and vanilla essence. Add the nuts, figs and the
ginger. Lay three rows of Tennis Biscuits next to each other, with 4-5 biscuits in each row on heavy duty foil. Spread the cream cheese mixture on to the middle row and fold up the side rows to create a triangle. Seal the foil at all the sides and freeze over night. Make the ganache.Bring the cream to a boil and pour the hot cream over the chocolate pieces. Let stand for 5 minutes and stir with a whisk. Allow to cool completely. Once the dessert is frozen, pour the cooled ganache over the dessert and allow to set in the fridge. Slice into portions and sprinkle with chopped pistachios and mint leaves.

Coffee Nut Ice Cream

WHAT YOU NEED

• 500 ml SPAR fresh or long-life cream.

• 1 can SPAR condensed milk.

• 30 ml SPAR instant coffee granules mixed with 15 ml boiling water.

•  4 large SPAR eggs, separated.

•  50 g pecan nuts, coarsely chopped.

•  15 ml SPAR butter.

HOW TO DO IT
Whip the egg whites in a clean mixing bowl until almost stiff peak stage. In a separate bowl, but using the same beaters, whip the cream until stiff. Pour on the condensed milk and coffee, and using a large spoon, fold in the beaten egg whites gently.

 

Freeze until half-set for 4-6 hours. During this time, melt the butter in a pan and toss the pecan nuts over medium heat to roast them. Set aside to cool. Gently stir into half-frozen ice cream, and then return to the freezer.

HINTS & TIPS
Dip the ice-cream scoop into a jug of boiling water, before each scoop. Remove the ice-cream from the freezer a few minutes before required.
SPAR long-life cream must be thoroughly chilled overnight before whipping. The leftover egg yolks can be refrigerated in small containers for 3 days, covered with a light layer of either sugar or salt.

Cookies and
Caramello Swirl

Turn a humble tub of ice cream into something wonderful this summer!

WHAT YOU NEED

• 2 litre tub SPAR Caramel and Vanilla flavoured ice cream.

•  3 snackpacks from a box of SPAR

•  Oh So Good cookies.

•  4 squares fudge.

 

HOW TO DO IT
Remove the ice cream from the freezer and set aside to soften while you roughly crush the biscuits and fudge using a rolling pin. Using a strong spoon, combine all ingredients gently and evenly, then refreeze immediately.

HINTS & TIPS
Play around with other additions such as chopped pecan nuts, chocolate-coated peanuts, flaked coconut, Smarties… yum

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