'Fab' ice lolly with strawberries and gin
- Dessert
- Medium
- 6
- 60 minutes, plus freezing time
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Recreate the popular 'Fab' ice lolly using Tom Westerland's recipe. This sophisticated take on the dessert includes a garnish of strawberries three ways; fresh, freeze-dried and a coulis, which can be bought or homemade using this recipe.
Ingredients
Strawberry lollies
- 500g of strawberry purée
- 100g of sugar
- 100ml of water
Milk and vanilla coating
- 150ml of condensed milk
- 150ml of whole milk
- 6g of Vege-Gel, (powdered)
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
Chocolate coating
- 100g of milk chocolate
- 100g of cocoa butter
- hundreds and thousands
To serve
- gin , in a spray bottle
- 6 strawberries , cut into quarters
- 1 handful of freeze-dried strawberries
- 200g of strawberry coulis , in a squeezy bottle
- milk chocolate , melted
- red vein sorrel leaves
Equipment
- Ice cream maker
- Lolly moulds
- Lolly sticks
- Thermometer
Method
Begin by making the strawberry lolly. Place all the ingredients in a pan and bring to the boil. Leave to cool, then churn in an ice cream machine. Once frozen and churned, transfer to a piping bag, cut the top of the bag off and fill 6 lolly moulds. Smooth the mix across the top to ensure a nice even finish then push in the lolly sticks and place in the freezer overnight or until frozen solid
- 500g of strawberry purée
- 100g of sugar
- 100ml of water
To make the milk and vanilla ice, place all the ingredients in a pan and bring to the boil. Once boiling, transfer to a small mug and leave to cool to around 60ºC. Remove the lollies from the freezer (ensuring they are fully frozen), remove them from their moulds and dip them halfway into the vanilla coating mixture. They should require 2 dips for a thick coating. Once dipped, return them to the freezer to set for a few hours
- 150ml of condensed milk
- 150ml of whole milk
- 6g of Vege-Gel, (powder)
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
To make the chocolate topping, melt the chocolate and cocoa butter either over a pan of simmering water or in the microwave. Whisk to emulsify the ingredients and leave to cool to 50ºC. Transfer the mix into a small mug so the chocolate sits at a 3cm depth
- 100g of milk chocolate
- 100g of cocoa butter
Remove the lollies from the freezer and dip them halfway up the white milk layer of the lolly. Immediately dip the tip of the lolly into the hundreds and thousands (or sprinkle them over the chocolate) and place back in the freezer
- hundreds and thousands
To serve, begin by brushing the plate with melted chocolate. The restaurant uses a record player to spin the plate and then brush the chocolate on with a paint brush to give the unique pattern, but you can be as creative as you like!
- milk chocolate , melted
Arrange the strawberries, freeze-dried strawberries, coulis and sorrel on one side of the brushed chocolate. On the other side of the plate place your fab straight out of the freezer. Finish by spraying the lolly with a little gin at the table
- 6 strawberries , cut into quarters
- 1 handful of freeze-dried strawberries
- 200g of strawberry coulis , in a squeezy bottle
- red vein sorrel leaves
- gin , in a spray bottle
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'Fab' ice lolly with strawberries and gin
