Blueberry pie ice cream cake with vanilla custard
Prep
45m
Cook
20m
serves
8
Blueberry pie ice cream cake with vanilla custard
Ingredients (13)
- 250g blueberries
- 1 cup (220g) caster sugar
- 1 vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped
- Juice of 1/2 a lemon
- 1/4 tsp each ground nutmeg & ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 4L vanilla ice cream, softened
- 300g store-bought Anzac biscuits
- 100g unsalted butter, melted and cooled
Vanilla custard
- 450ml pure (thin) cream
- 1 vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped
- 4 egg yolks
- 150g caster sugar
Don't forget you can add these ingredients to your Woolworths shopping list.
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1.To make the blueberry filling, place blueberries, sugar, vanilla pod and seeds, lemon juice and spices in a medium saucepan, stirring to combine. Place over medium heat and cook, stirring occasionally, for 10-12 minutes until thick and jammy. Cool completely.
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2.Grease a 24cm silicone bundt pan. Spoon softened ice cream and blueberry jam into the pan, alternating between the two to create blueberry swirls through the vanilla. Freeze for 2 hours or until firm.
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3.Place Anzac biscuits in a food processor and whiz to a crumb, then add butter and pulse to combine. Top ice cream with the biscuit mixture, firmly pressing to form a base. Freeze for 4 hours or until frozen.
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4.For the custard, place cream and vanilla pod and seeds in a saucepan over medium heat and bring to a simmer. Meanwhile, whisk egg yolks and sugar together in a large bowl until pale. Gradually pour the hot cream over the egg mixture, whisking constantly to combine. Return mixture to a clean saucepan and place over medium-low heat. Cook, stirring constantly, for 6-7 minutes until thick and smooth. Strain through a fine sieve into a heatproof bowl, and cool completely. Chill until ready to serve.
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5.Remove ice cream cake from the freezer and invert onto a serving platter or cake stand, removing the silicone mould. Drizzle with chilled custard to serve.
Recipe Notes
Begin this recipe 6 hours ahead. You will need a 24cm silicone bundt pan.
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