Chocolate knickerbocker glory
By: Simon Rimmer From: Good Food Bites
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Chocolate knickerbocker glory
- Prep time:
- 10 mins
- Cook time:
- 10 mins
- Serves:
- 4
Chocaholics will adore Simon Rimmer's indulgent version of a traditional British ice cream dessert, complete with lashings of chocolate sauce
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- Eat with...
- Saffron Risotto
Ingredients
- 200 g ginger cakes, chopped into chunks
- a good glug of your favourite liqueur such as Tia Maria, or Baileys
- 75 g blanched flaked Almonds, toasted
- 200g chocolate ice cream
- 200 ml whipping or double cream, whipped
- crushed shortbread, for sprinkling
- chocolate shavings, to garnish
For the chocolate sauce:
Method
1. First make the chocolate sauce. Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl suspended over a pan of simmering water.2. Meanwhile gently bring the milk, cream and sugar to the boil in a small saucepan. Stir the hot milk mixture into the melted chocolate and set aside to cool.
3. Place a few bits of ginger cake in the bottom of 4 sundae glasses.
4. Add a dash of liqueur to the cake, then top with a little chocolate sauce, followed by ice-cream, more chocolate sauce and toasted almonds.
5. Repeat until the glasses are nearly full. Top each portion with whipped cream, shortbread and chocolate shavings. Serve at once.
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