Christmas Pudding Ice Cream Recipe

Ingredients : Serves 8

50 g/2 oz butter or margarine

175 g/6 oz raisins
100 g/4 oz sultanas (golden raisins)
50 g/2 oz currants
50 g/2 oz chopped mixed (candied) peel
2.5 ml/0.5 tsp almond essence (extract)

Grated rind and juice of 1 orange

Grated rind of 1 lemon
1 cooking (tart) apple, peeled, cored and finely chopped
100 g/4 oz canned pineapple, drained and crushed
5 ml/1 tsp mixed (apple-pie) spice
50 g/2 oz caster (superfine) sugar

50 g/2 oz walnuts, chopped

30 ml/2 tbsp brandy or rum
1 liter/1.75 pts soft-scoop ice cream

Method :

Mix together all the ingredients except the ice cream in a large saucepan. Bring to the boil, cover and simmer gently for 30 minutes. Leave to cool. Spoon the ice cream into a bowl and whisk. Fold in the fruit mixture, then pour into a freezer container. Freeze for about 1 hour until beginning to freeze, then stir well. Continue to freeze until firm.