Pine-lime ice cream cake

serves
16
P96 Pine-lime ice cream cake
P96 Pine-lime ice cream cake

If you like pina coladas, you’ll love this refreshing pine-lime and coconut cake.

Ingredients (18)

  • 2 tbs rum
  • 8 large (150g total) savoiardi biscuits
  • 300ml thickened cream, whipped
  • Dehydrated pineapple slices, to serve
  • 1/2 lime, thinly sliced
  • Lime zest, to serve
  • Baby mint leaves, to serve

Pine-lime sorbet

  • 400g pineapple flesh, cut into chunks
  • 250g caster sugar
  • 3 tsp lemon juice
  • 50ml lime juice

Coconut sorbet

  • 200g caster sugar
  • 1 titanium strength gelatine leaf, soaked in cold water for 5 minutes
  • 25g liquid glucose
  • 3 x 50g sachets coconut milk powder

Rum syrup

  • 3/4 cup (180ml) pineapple juice
  • 1/2 cup (110g) caster sugar
  • 2 tbs rum

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Method

  • 1.
    For the pine-lime sorbet, place pineapple in a food processor and process until a puree. Place sugar, lemon juice and 1 cup (250ml) water in a medium saucepan. Bring to the boil, stirring, until sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat, then add the pineapple puree and lime juice. Stir to combine and set aside to cool.
  • 2.
    Strain sorbet mixture into a jug, discarding solids. Chill liquid for 1 hour. Transfer to an ice cream machine and churn according to the manufacturer’s instructions until thick but soft enough to spoon into a container (see note). Transfer to a small container with a lid and freeze for 3 hours or until firm.
  • 3.
    For the coconut sorbet, place sugar and 400ml water in a small saucepan. Bring to the boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat. Squeeze excess water from gelatine and add to the warm syrup, stirring to dissolve. Whisk in glucose until dissolved. Whisk in coconut milk powder until combined. Cool, then chill for 1 hour. Transfer to an ice cream machine and churn according to the manufacturer’s instructions until thick but soft enough to spoon into a container.
  • 4.
    Transfer to a small container with a lid and freeze for 3 hours or until firm. Grease an 18cm round springform pan with oil. Line base with baking paper. Cut a 50cm length of baking paper. Spray sheet with oil and fold lengthways. Use to line the side of the pan and create a collar.
  • 5.
    Combine rum and 2 tbs water in a small bowl. Dip biscuits one at a time in rum mixture until softened. Place in prepared tin to cover the base, cutting to fit. Freeze for 15 minutes. Spoon half the coconut sorbet over the biscuit base, levelling the surface with a spatula. Freeze for 1 hour or until just firm. Top with the pine-lime sorbet, levelling surface with a spatula.
  • 6.
    Freeze for 1 hour or until just firm. Cover with remaining coconut sorbet, levelling surface with a spatula. Freeze for 4 hours or overnight until firm.
  • 7.
    For the rum syrup, place pineapple juice and sugar in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil. Boil for 6-8 minutes until syrupy. Remove from heat and stir in rum. Set aside to cool.
  • 8.
    Place cake on a large serving plate. Top with whipped cream. Decorate with dehydrated pineapple, lime slices and zest and mint. Drizzle with rum syrup to serve.
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Recipe Notes

Begin this recipe 1 day ahead. You’ll need an ice cream machine. If you don’t have an ice-cream maker, you can use store-bought sorbet. Or place sorbet mixtures in a large, shallow metal container. Cover tightly with plastic wrap, then freeze for 1-2 hours until frozen at the edges. Beat mixtures using electric handheld beaters until smooth. Return to the freezer, and repeat process 2 or 3 more times until mixtures are thick.

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