Cassata

2 litres plain ice cream
½ cup mixed glaced fruit
2 tbsp brandy
300 ml cream

2 tbsp castor sugar
125g chocolate
15g butter
2 tsp cocoa
1 tsp vanilla
crushed nuts

Line a loose bottomed cake tin with glad wrap. Combine mixed fruit with brandy and let stand. Beat cream with castor sugar. Fold in fruit. Put this first layer into the tin and freeze.

2 litres plain ice cream
½ cup mixed glaced fruit
2 tbsp brandy
300 ml cream

2 tbsp castor sugar
125g chocolate
15g butter
2 tsp cocoa
1 tsp vanilla
crushed nuts

Line a loose bottomed cake tin with glad wrap. Combine mixed fruit with brandy and let stand. Beat cream with castor sugar. Fold in fruit. Put this first layer into the tin and freeze.

Melt chocolate with butter. Allow to cool a little and mix in vanilla and cocoa. Mix into one litre of softened ice-cream. Pour the mixture on the frozen first layer and freeze again.

Soften last litre of ice-cream for top layer. Sprinkle crushed nuts on top and freeze.

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