Name: Chocolate-coated panforte ice-cream balls
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 500 gm dark couverture chocolate (60% cocoa solids), finely chopped, melted; Panforte ice-cream; 500 ml (2 cups) each of milk and pouring cream; 1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped; 1 orange, finely grated rind only; 12 egg yolks; 150 gm caster sugar; 40 ml amontillado sherry; 200 gm panforte, finely chopped

Chocolate-coated panforte ice-cream balls

Australian Gourmet Traveller Christmas dessert recipe for chocolate-coated panforte ice-cream balls.

Serves 10

Prep

30M

Cook

15M

Total

45M

Use a high-quality chocolate for coating the ice-cream balls as inferior chocolate won’t coat as quickly or neatly. You’ll need to begin this recipe a day ahead.

Ingredients

500 gm dark couverture chocolate (60% cocoa solids), finely chopped, melted

Panforte ice-cream

500 ml (2 cups) each of milk and pouring cream

1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped

1 orange, finely grated rind only

12 egg yolks

150 gm caster sugar

40 ml amontillado sherry

200 gm panforte, finely chopped

Method

Main

1.For panforte ice-cream, bring milk, cream, vanilla and orange rind just to the boil in a saucepan. Meanwhile, whisk egg yolks and sugar in a heatproof bowl until pale and creamy. Add milk mixture, stir to combine, then return to pan and stir over medium heat until mixture coats the back of a wooden spoon thickly (6-8 minutes). Pour into a heatproof bowl placed over ice, stir occasionally until chilled (15-20 minutes), then stir through sherry. Freeze in an ice-cream machine according to manufacturer’s instructions, then fold through panforte and freeze until firm (2-4 hours). Place a tray lined with baking paper in the freezer, scoop balls of ice-cream with a melon-baller onto tray, then freeze until very firm (3-4 hours).

2.Meanwhile, melt chocolate in a heatproof bowl placed over a saucepan of simmering water. Remove from heat, cool slightly, then working quickly with one ice-cream ball at a time, coat balls in chocolate and return them to the freezer (if chocolate becomes too thick, gently melt again). Freeze ice-cream balls until very firm (3-4 hours), then serve.