David and Nicole's Recipes

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Lemon Vodka Shake

  • 1 1/2 cups vanilla ice cream
  • 1 cup lemon sorbet
  • 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
  • 1/3 cup vodka
  • 1/4 cup Prosecco or Champagne 

  1. Combine all of the ingredients in a blender and blend until creamy. Pour into glasses and serve immediately. 

Hot Fudge Pudding with Ice Cream

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 3 oz. unsweetened chocolate
  • 2 tbsp vinegar
  • milk
  • 2 tbsp butter, melted
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups boiling water
  • ice cream
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 F.  Grease an 8" square cake pan.
  2. Combine the flour, soda, white sugar, and salt together in a large bowl.
  3. Melt 1 oz of chocolate in the microwave and then stir it into the flour mixture.
  4. Pour the vinegar into a half cup measure and then top it up with milk.  Pour this into the flour.
  5. Blend in the walnuts, and the butter.  Pour into the prepared pan.
  6. Sprinkle with the brown sugar.
  7. Combine the 2 oz remaining chocolate with the boiling water.  Stir to melt.
  8. Pour over the batter.
  9. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes.
  10. Serve with the ice cream.

Raspberry Coconut Crunch with Ice Cream

  • 500 g frozen unsweetened raspberries
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 coconut
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup rolled oats
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • vanilla ice cream
  1. Preheat the oven to 325 F.
  2. Combine the brown sugar, flour and rolled oats.  Cut in the butter.  Set aside.
  3. Mix the raspberries, sugar, coconut, and water in a deep casserole dish.
  4. Sprinkle the reserved oat mixture over top.
  5. Bake for 1 hour.
  6. Serve with ice cream.

Sorbet Float

  • raspberry juice
  • raspberry sorbet
  • club soda
  1. Fill 2 glasses half way with the juice.
  2. Add a scoop of the sorbet to each glass.
  3. Top up with the soda.
  4. Serve with a long spoon.

Chocolate Ice Cream Roll

  • 5 eggs, separated
  • 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 3 tbsp flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 quart ice cream of choice
  • icing sugar
  1. Preheat the oven to 325 F.  Line a large baking sheet with wax paper.  Grease the wax paper.
  2. Beat the egg whites and the cream of tartar until stiff but not dry.
  3. Beat the yolks until thick and lemon coloured.  Stir in the sugar, flour, cocoa and salt.  Add the vanilla.
  4. Fold the egg whites into the yolk mixture. 
  5. Spread the batter evenly over the wax paper.  Bake for 25 minutes.  Cool 5 minutes.
  6. Turn the cake onto a tea towl sprinkled with icing sugar.  Peel off the wax paper.  Roll the cake with the towel.  Cool.  Unroll.
  7. Stir up the ice cream just to soften.  Spread it on the cake.  Roll up the cake and then wrap in waxed paper.
  8. Freeze the cake.  Remove the waxed paper.  To serve, slice the cake. 

Chocolate Fudge Pudding

  • butter
  • sugar
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • cocoa
  • 1/2 cup walnuts
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • vanilla ice cream
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 F.
  2. Cream 1 tbsp of butter with 1/2 cup of sugar.  Stir in the milk, flour, salt, and baking powder.
  3. Blend in 2 tbsp of cocoa.  Mix well.
  4. Grease a 9 by 9" cake pan.  Pour the batter in.
  5. Sprinke with the walnuts.
  6. Combine in a medium bowl, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup cocoa.
  7. Sprinkle the sugar mixture over the nuts.
  8. Pour the boiling water on top.
  9. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes.
  10. Serve with the vanilla ice cream.

Peach Tatin

  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 1 teaspoon light corn syrup
  • 3 medium freestone peaches—peeled, halved and pitted
  • 5-ounce sheet of frozen all-butter puff pastry, thawed but very cold
  • Vanilla ice cream, for serving
  1.  Preheat the oven to 400°.
  2. In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, water and corn syrup and bring to a simmer over moderate heat. Simmer without stirring until an amber caramel forms, about 6 minutes.
  3. Pour the caramel into an 8-inch ovenproof skillet, tilting to coat the bottom. Set the peach halves in the caramel, cut sides up.
  4. On a lightly floured surface, cut the puff pastry into an 8-inch round. Set the round over the peaches in the skillet and bake until the pastry is richly browned and puffed, about 28 minutes.
  5. Remove the skillet from the oven and let stand for 5 minutes. Carefully invert the peach tart onto a cake plate and let cool slightly.
  6. Cut the tart into wedges and serve with vanilla ice cream.

 

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