Dessert Recipes - Swiss Baked Alaska Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 small raspberry jam- (conserve-) filled Swiss (jelly) roll

• 3 egg whites

• 175 g/6 oz/3/4 cup caster (superfine) sugar

• 8 scoops of raspberry ripple ice cream

• 3 glace (candied) cherries, halved

• 6 angelica leaves

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Method:

1. Slice the Swiss roll and place in a single layer on an ovenproof plate. Whisk the egg whites until stiff.

2. Whisk in half the sugar and continue whisking until stiff and glossy. Fold in the remaining sugar.

3. Pile the ice cream up in the centre of the Swiss roll. Cover completely with the meringue mixture and decorate with the cherries and angelica leaves.

4. Bake immediately in a preheated oven at 230°C/450°F/gas mark 8 for 2 minutes until the meringue is turning pale golden. Serve immediately.