Banana Berry Lemon Ice-Cream Sandwich
In summer one of my favorite ways to cool down at home is by blitzing frozen berries, bananas and yoghurt to make an ‘ice-cream’ that is made of healthy ingredients as well as being delicious.
One day I decided that I wanted to take this fruit and yoghurt ‘ice-cream’ to the next level and turn it into an ice-cream biscuit sandwich.
For a lift in flavor I added in further complimentary ingredients and played around with different taste combinations until I landed on a combo that is absolutely super moreish and delicious.
To turn this ice-cream into a sandwich I relied on my never fail melting moments biscuit recipe that I tweaked to boost the lemon and berry flavor of the ice-cream. The outcome, so addictive!
Ice-cream:
- 500g bananas (260g peeled)
- 240g frozen raspberries
- 100g honey
- 1 vanilla pod
- 1 tsn strawberry essence
Biscuits:
- 180g butter
- ¼ tsn lemon zest
- ¼ tsn strawberry essence
- 60g custard powder
- 60g icing sugar
- 160g plain flour
- 1 tsn baking powder
- Pinch salt
Method:
- Make the ice-cream by placing all the ingredients into a food processor and blitzing on high until the mix is completely smooth.
- Line a slice pan (lamington pan for best results) with plastic wrap, allowing for overlap.
- Pour the ice-cream mix in the slice pan and place the pan into the freezer to set for at least 4 hours.
- Meanwhile, pre-heat the oven to 180c degrees and line 2 large baking trays with baking paper.
- Place the butter in a bowl and using electric beaters whisk for 3 minutes or until the butter is light and fluffy.
- Add the lemon zest, essence, custard powder and sugar and whisk until well combined.
- Add the flour, baking powder and salt to the butter mix and whisk until just combined.
- Roll the mix into balls of 30g each and place on the trays (8 balls on each tray).
- Place a cookie cutter around the balls on the trays and using the back of a spoon press down to the sides of the cookie cutter.
- Remove the cookie cutter and repeat with all 16 balls ensuring 5cm between each biscuit.
- Place the trays into the oven for 16 minutes or until lightly golden.
- Leave biscuits to cool on the trays for a few minutes then transfer onto a cooling rack until cold.
- Once the biscuits are cold place in the freezer for later use.
- To assemble, pull up the plastic wrap from the slice pan and place on the bench plastic wrap side down.
- Dip the cookie cutter into hot water and cut out an ice-cream circle.
- Place a biscuit on the bench, top with the ice-cream circle and finish with a second biscuit on top of the ice-cream circle, place completed ice-cream sandwich onto a plate.
- Repeat with the remaining ice-cream and biscuits until 8 ice-cream sandwiches are make.
- Place the plate into the freezer and freeze for at least 1 hour.
- To serve I topped the sandwiches with melted white chocolate and a small piping of royal icing. A dust of icing sugar will be just an nice.
Note: these sandwiches will melt if left out for a long period of time so take them out of the freezer when your ready for dessert.
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