Monday, November 19, 2012

Tiramisu ice cream

The inspiration for this was simple. I wanted to eat ice cream. I wanted to eat tiramisu. Thus, I combined both into 1 recipe! Just a note that the addition of alcohol is important in making this a bit of a slushy compared to crunching on ice. Alcohol prevents liquids from total freezing, making it more of a slushy instead. The plus side is that I like things with alcohol in it!

Ingredients - makes approx 1 litre of ice cream
350ml condensed milk
500ml thick cream (the packaging will say that it is suitable for whipping)
4 cups of coffee
1 tbsp coffee liqueur
1 tbsp rum (you can add more of either alcohols depending on your taste preferences)
250g mascarpone
1/4 cup cocoa powder for dusting
Approximately 300g of Italian biscotti sponge fingers.


Method
1) Beat the thick cream until it thickens slightly. Add in the mascarpone, condensed milk, and coffee liqueur and mix well.
2) Make the 4 cups of coffee. You can use instant coffee if you prefer. Add the rum to this.
3) To assemble, soak the biscotti in the coffee mixture. Don't let it become too soggy or it will be hard to assemble. Arrange it in your container. Top up with coffee to ensure everything gets a good soaking. Don't put too much or it'll be soggy.
4) Pour on the mascarpone/cream mixture. Dust with cocoa powder.
5) Repeat with biscotti soaked in coffee, then the mascarpone layer, then cocoa dusting. Repeat until you reach the top of your container.
6) Put in the freezer to harder, at least overnight. Serve with shards of chocolate and more dusted cocoa if you want.

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