Valentine Stroopwafel Ice Cream Sandwiches
Valentine ice cream sandwiches made with Dutch stroopwafles and my confessions of teenage love unrequitted.
Valentine ice cream sandwiches made with Dutch stroopwafles and my confessions of teenage love unrequitted.
Admittedly I pushed things a tad far with the names of the Halloween goodies, but when you know that the lemon curd in the centre of the lemon cupcakes, is meant to represent the crushed baby birds, I'm sure you'll agree that I'm 1. evil and sadistic and 2. rather very clever! Well, at least the last. I hope. I'm particularly proud of the frostings-the zingy lemon frosting has lemon rind and a dash of limoncello and the chocolate frosting is melt in your mouth heavenly.
In this semi-freddo I’ve added the pulp of six passion fruit and 60 g chopped dried figs, hydrated in a few teaspoons of freshly boiled water, and a fat pinch of saffron, boiled in 1 tablespoon of milk.
A molten chocolate hot pot, warmed with cinnamon, nutmeg and a hint of fire.
Having loved Enid's Blyton's Magic Faraway Tree as a child, and now, I thought I'd adopt a topsy turvy approach and start at the end and work to the beginning. Of the story of Sunday's lunch. Besides, you must be bursting at the seams to hear about the semi- freddo I mentioned in the last [...]