Dessert Recipes - Italian Cassata Recipe

Ingredients

• 50 g/2 oz/1/2 cup drained maraschino cherries

• 1 liter/1 3/4 pts/4 1/3 cups soft-scoop vanilla ice cream

• 50 g/2 oz/1/2 cup grated chocolate

• 15 ml/1 tbsp chopped angelica

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Method:

1. Deserve 1 cherry for decoration and  chop the remainder. Put the ice cream in a bowl.  

2. Quickly mash in the chocolate, chopped cherries and angelica until just blended (don't over-mix or the ice cream will start to melt).

3. Quickly pack into a liter/1 3/4 pt/4 /1/4 cup pudding basin. Cover with Clingfilm (plastic wrap) and freeze until firm.

4. When ready to serve, dip the basin briefly in hot water, loosen round the edge with a round bladed knife and turn out on to a serving plate.

5. Top with the reserved cherry and serve straight away.