Ice Cream Florentines with a Raspberry Coulis
A very easy dessert to prepare that relies on only 3 ingredients. Most supermarkets sell raspberry coulis in jars in the refrigerator section but if you can't find it you can purchase canned raspberries and puree them with a little of their syrup. You can vary the flavour of the ice cream according to your taste.
Portions: 2 Portions
Preparation: 5-10 minutes
Cooking:
Ingredients
Ice Cream Florentines
- 8 Florentine or brandy snap biscuits or a similar flat biscuit
- 100g strawberry ice cream
- 100g vanilla ice cream
- 4 tsp of canned raspberries preferably in fruit juice (if you have been unable to purchase raspberry coulis, puree the remaining raspberries for coulis)
To Serve
- 3 tbps raspberry coulis
- icing sugar
- 1 love heart stencil (cut a love heart shape from paper so that it fits on the biscuits), optional
Method
- Ice Cream Florentines: Remove the ice-cream from the freezer a few minutes before preparing. Place a generous scoop of strawberry ice cream on one Florentine biscuit, flatten out the ice-cream and place a teaspoon of the raspberries on it, then place another biscuit on top, sandwiching the ice cream in, smooth the sides with a knife. Make one more strawberry ice-cream sandwich then two vanilla, so that you have 2 strawberry and 2 vanilla ice cream Florentines. Wrap them in cling film and place them in the freezer to set for 10 minutes or until you are ready to serve them.
- To Serve: Place one vanilla ice cream Florentine in the centre of each plate. Place the love heart stencil on each of the strawberry ice-cream sandwiches and dust with icing sugar (optional). Lean the strawberry ice cream Florentine against the vanilla ones. Drizzle the raspberry coulis around the plates and serve.