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Thermomix Recipes for TM5 and TM31 => Desserts => Topic started by: Stephanie on December 10, 2011, 06:06:22 am
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Basil Icecream
Yes this sounds odd :o, but it is yummo and really easy - and there is no eggs or cooking.
Ingredients
1 large bunch fresh green basil, leaves picked
400 g caster sugar
250g marscapone cheese
1kg thick greek style yoghurt
Preparation
Put sugar and basil in TMX bowl. Blitz 10 secs on speed 9. Scrape sides and blitz 2-3 seconds on speed 9 if required.
Add marscapone and yoghurt. Mix 20 secs speed 5. Scrape sides and mix for another 10 secs on speed 5.
Put mixture in icecream churn and churn as per your machine's instructions then freeze for 12 hours or so.
Tips/Hints
I adapted this recipe from an old Delicious magazine recipe. It did have 500g sugar and 1.25 kg of yoghurt but as yoghurt comes in 1kg tubs I reduced it. You could try different sugar or rapadura and/or reduce the sugar even more as it is reasonably sweet with 400g (but with a nice tang from the yoghurt)
I have never tried it with low fat yoghurt - I guess it would work but it might not be as creamy.
This recipe makes nearly 2 litres of icecream and I only have a 1 litre churn, so I just put half the mix in the fridge, re-freeze my churn overnight and churn the second half the next day. I have also successfully halved the recipe but then I am left with half a tub of marscapone to use up.
I used to make this in my food processor and had to add green food colouring to make the icecream look green. Not needed with my Thermie!! :D
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This is different Stephanie.
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:-)) not sure about this one Stephanie :-))
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I wonder how it would go down in the restaurant fundj?
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i have a rockmelon sorbet in the freezer that the oriangal recipe called for basil. but i left it out :-))
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i have a rockmelon sorbet in the freezer that the oriangal recipe called for basil. but i left it out :-))
Basil sorbet is lovely Uni. ;D
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Seriously it is really delicious. :D Whenever I serve it people ae skeptical, but very quickly won over!