Galton Blackiston shares a grown-up recipe for jelly and ice cream. A classic dessert combination is spiced up here with warming port and fruit-packed ice cream. This port and claret jelly will make a fantastic finish to any dinner party meal.
For the tutti-frutti ice cream, put the diced glacé fruits into a bowl, pour over the Grand Marnier and leave to marinate for a couple of hours, or overnight
225g of glacé fruits
6 tbsp of Grand Marnier
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Scrape the vanilla seeds into a heavy-based saucepan and add the vanilla pod and cream. Put over a medium heat and bring to scalding point. Remove from the heat and set aside to infuse for 15 minutes
1 vanilla pod
570ml of double cream
3
In a large bowl whisk the egg yolks and sugar and then, while continuing to whisk, add the hot cream
Return the mixture to the saucepan over a low heat and stir continuously until the custard thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon
5
Immediately remove the pan from the heat, then pass the custard through a fine sieve into a bowl and allow to cool
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Churn the mixture in an ice cream machine and, when the ice cream starts to thicken, add the marinated fruits. Once they’re combined, quickly transfer the ice cream to a suitable container and put in the freezer
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For the jelly, put the gelatine leaves into a dish of cold water to soften
6 gelatine leaves
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Put the sugar, redcurrant jelly, cinnamon, cloves, mace, lemon rind, lemon juice and 425ml of water into a saucepan and stir over a low heat until the jelly and sugar have melted
Remove the gelatine leaves from the water, squeezing out any excess water, and stir into the hot wine mixture until dissolved
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Combine both mixtures together and pass though a sieve into a jug and leave to cool. Once cool, pour the jelly mixture into 8 stemmed glasses or other serving dishes or moulds and place in the fridge to set for 6 hours: it should be wobbly, not firm
12
Serve the jellies with a scoop of tutti-frutti ice cream
There can't be many Michelin-starred chefs who started out selling homemade cakes, biscuits and preserves on a market stall in Rye in 1979. Yet, the quietly spoken, endearingly eccentric Galton Blackiston isn't like other chefs.
