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Basil-currant-buttermilk ice cream

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Ingredients for 8 servings:

  • 500 g currants, fresh
  • 50 ml passion fruit juice
  • 2 tbsp lime juice
  • 2 tbsp, heaped lemon zest
  • 1 handful of fresh basil leaves
  • 150 ml sweet cream
  • 150 ml buttermilk
  • 75 g mascarpone
  • 75 g low-fat curd cheese
  • 50 g coconut blossom syrup
  • 50 g vanilla syrup
  • n. B. Macadamia nuts and almonds, roasted and salted

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 1 hour; Total time approx. 1 hour 15 minutes

with almonds and macadamia nuts

Whip the cream until stiff and set aside. Then mix the mascarpone, low-fat quark, and buttermilk together thoroughly and set aside. Purée about 450g of the currants. Add the finely chopped basil leaves, passion fruit juice, lime juice, lemon zest, and both syrups and mix well. Mix the berry purée, cream, and buttermilk mixture thoroughly. Pour the liquid mixture into an ice cream maker and churn into ice cream for about 60 minutes. After about five to ten minutes, add the remaining currants to the ice cream maker. Serving tip: Garnish with salted and roasted macadamia nuts and almonds.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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