Ice Cream with Candied Fruits on Honey Cookies
Ice cream with candied fruits on honey cookies is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the Sweet Sauce category. Try this and other recipes by Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 125 g mixed candied fruits (finely diced)
- 40 ml orange liqueur (e.g., Grand Marnier)
- 30 g pistachio nuts
- 30 g pine nuts
- 30 g almond kernels
- 50 g dark chocolate
- 200 g sugar
- 2 packets vanilla sugar
- 4 sheets gelatin
- 750 g ricotta
- 100 g honey
- cookies
- fruits
Instructions
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1.
Coat the candied fruits with orange liqueur and let them soak. Chop pistachios, pine nuts, almonds, and chocolate finely. Reduce sugar, vanilla sugar, and 7 tbsp water in a saucepan to a syrupy consistency.
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2.
Soak gelatin sheets in cold water.
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Whisk ricotta into the syrup. Melt gelatin in a small pot over low heat until liquid; stir in 3 tbsp of ricotta, then mix with remaining ricotta. Fold in soaked candied fruits, soaking liquid, chopped nuts, and chocolate into the ricotta mixture.
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4.
Rinse a bowl of about 1.5 L with cold water. Pour the mixture into the bowl, smooth the surface, cover with cling film, and chill for about 3 hours until set.
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5.
Dissolve honey in 50 ml water over low heat while stirring. When serving, spoon a bit of honey sauce onto each plate. Cut the Cassata into pieces, place on cookies, garnish with candied fruits, and arrange on plates.
