Recipe of the week: Doughnut Surprise Dessert
This week we thought you deserved a sticky treat…doughnut surprise!
This recipe serves four.
Ingredients
- Four jam doughnuts
- One large tub of good quality vanilla ice cream
- The whites of six medium eggs
- 350 g castor sugar
- Berries
Method
- Preheat the oven to 220 degrees C, gas mark 7 so it is ready to cook the dessert.
- Place the doughnuts in four individual heat proof dishes. Cover with a thick layer of the ice cream and place into the freezer for thirty minutes.
- Place the egg whites into a clean bowl and whisk either by hand or machine until the whites are thick and stiff. If you shake the bowl the egg whites should not slide about but remain in stiff peaks. Add the sugar gradually until the mixture is thick glossy and still stands in peaks.
- Remove the individual ovenproof dishes from the freezer and divide the egg white mix between the four bowls. Make sure that the meringue mix completely covers the ice cream and donuts and goes right to the edges of the dish so that the ice cream is not melted by the heat of the oven.
- Put the four dishes back into the freezer for fifteen minutes.
- When ready to serve remove the dishes from the freezer and place straight into the preheated oven on the top shelf. The peaks of the meringue just need to brown before serving.
- Use a good quality thick ice cream for this recipe as it needs to stay as solid as possible during the cooking process. Try to avoid the ice creams advertised as soft, or the ones that have ripples of fruit running through them, as they will melt really quickly.
- Serve with berries
Using Cake and Chocolate
If using slices of cake rather than a donut, sandwich them together with a chocolate and hazelnut spread before covering with a good quality chocolate ice cream.
Adapting for a Dinner Party
If this recipe is to be served for a dinner party, try piercing the doughnut with a fork and drizzle a little brandy or a liqueur as an added surprise.
Recipe courtesy of easydinnerrecipes
