Apricot & mascarpone ice cream with almond croquant
Ingredients
for 4 person
| 250 g | apricots, pitted, chopped |
| 2 tbsp | icing sugar |
| ½ | organic lemon, use grated zest and juice |
| 250 g | mascarpone |
| 1 dl | single cream, cold |
| 50 g | icing sugar |
| ¼ dl | water |
| 50 g | sugar |
| 50 g | almond |
| some | lemon balm leaves |
How it's done
Ice cream
Bring the apricots, sugar, lemon zest and lemon juice to the boil, simmer for approx. 5 mins., allow to cool, roughly puree. Mix the mascarpone into the fruit puree. Beat the single cream with the icing sugar until stiff, fold in carefully. Transfer the mixture to a shallow container. Cover and freeze for approx. 4 hrs.
Almond Croquant
Bring the water and sugar to the boil in a stainless steel pan. Add the almonds, reduce the liquid on a medium heat, stirring constantly until the sugar is dry. Continue to stir until the sugar begins to melt again and forms a glossy coating over the almonds. Immediately spread the mixture onto a baking tray, leave to cool. Roughly chop.
To serve
Serve the ice cream, top with the almond croquant, decorate with lemon balm.
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