Lockdown Recipes: Orange Mascarpone Ice-Cream

As the lockdown continues, SERC staff and students have kept their cookery and baking skills as sharp as their kitchen knives with weekly food recipes designed to tantalise the taste buds.

This week’s recipe shows you how to make your own Orange Mascarpone Ice-Cream, which is a great recipe to try if you have never made ice-cream before. The recipe is as follows:

Ingredients (serves 6): 

• 175g caster sugar 
• 6 medium free-range eggs, yolk only 
• 500g mascarpone cheese 
• 2-3 tsp vanilla essence  

Ingredients (sauce) 

• 300ml orange juice 
• 1 tbsp caster sugar 
• 2 tsp cornflour, blended to a paste with 1 tbsp water 
• Orange segments to decorate 

Method:  

• To make the ice-cream; place the sugar in a heavy-based pan with 150ml water. Heat gently until the sugar has dissolved then bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 8-10 minutes until slightly reduced and syrupy. Remove from the heat. 
• Place the egg yolks in a large bowl and set over a bowl of gently simmering water. Using an electric whisk, beat until pale and fluffy then gradually whisk in the sugar syrup and continue whisking for about 5 minutes until the mixture is thick and creamy. 
• Remove the bowl from the heat and continue whisking for 1 minute then beat in the mascarpone cheese and vanilla essence. Pour the mixture into a freezer-proof container and freeze for 2 hours or until semi-frozen. 
• Place the ice-cream in a food processor or blender and process for 1 minute until smooth. Alternatively, transfer to a bowl and beat with an electric whisk. 
• Return to the container and freeze for at least 2-3 hours or overnight until solid. 
• To make the orange sauce, place the orange juice and sugar in a small pan and heat gently. Add the cornflour paste and bring to the boil, stirring continuously, until the sauce has thickened. Set aside to cool slightly. 
• Remove the ice-cream from the freezer and scoop into balls. Decorate with the orange segments and serve immediately with the warm orange sauce.    

These recipes would not be possible without the hard work of SERC’s catering staff, who strive to create excellent meals as well as maintaining a Microsoft Teams page for these recipes to be shared between staff and students. If you are interested in cooking at a professional level, please click here to view our full time Hospitality and Catering courses.  

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