For a delicious and special dessert that can be whipped up quickly to look like something you made yourself, try cheating with ice-cream. Simply add flavour and interest to ice-cream with praline. Alternatively you could add crushed biscuits or chopped up fruit for a different taste sensation.
Ingredients
- 1 tub of your favourite ice-cream, left in the fridge to reach a workable texture
- 150g blanched almonds
- 200g sugar
Method
- To make the praline put some almonds into a dry pan and toast them until they’re golden. Alternatively, toast the almonds in the oven at 180°C for 10 minutes or until golden.
- Tip the sugar into another pan and melt over a medium heat taking care not to burn it. When it’s a caramel colour and a toffee consistency, it’s ready.
- Line a small tray with greaseproof paper. Spread the almonds around the tray and pour the toffee over them. Leave at room temperature to harden.
- When hard remove the praline from the tray by turning it upside down and banging on the base of the tray. Wrap the praline in some non-stick greaseproof paper and a tea towel and bang with a wooden spoon or other heavy utensil to break up the praline. Tip the softened ice-cream and praline into a bowl and mix together well. Tip the mixture into a small bowl that will fit into the freezer and put in the freezer to make the icecream a little firmer.
- When set, serve it with fresh berries and little wafers and remember to tell your friends that you whipped the dessert up yourself.