Strawberry and Mint Ice Cream Dessert - #MorrisonsMums Sweet Treats

During the beautiful hot summer months what better dessert to have to cool down than a delicious ice cream. It is so easy to make a scrumptiously creamy ice cream at home without the need of a specialised ice cream machine.

This is an easy recipe which make will definitely impress any dinner guests that you may have over the summer. This is the perfect dessert for a summers evening, or even as an afternoon treat!

After looking at Morrisons Price Checker Tool I was delighted to see that some of the ingredients have been lowered in their price cuts!

• A box of 18 eggs have dropped from £1.79 to £1.62!
• 600mls of Morrisons double cream has gone down from £1.68 to £1.60!

Morrisons price checker tool is a great way to which products have been reduced and by how much!

Here is my #MorrisonsMums Sweet Treats recipe...

Strawberry and Mint Ice Cream

Ingredients

600mls double cream
100g caster sugar
3 egg yolks
300g strawberries, halved
5 sprigs of mint
6 large mint leaves chopped

3 egg whites
150g caster sugar

Method

1 - Place the cream and whole mint sprigs into a pan and gently bring to the boil.

2 - Once it has reached boiling point reduce the heat and stir in the sugar, mix until dissolved and remove from the heat.

3 - Whisk the egg yolks with a teaspoon of caster sugar then gradually add to the hot cream.

4 - Blitz the strawberries and chopped mint in a food processor until you have a puree consistency.

5 - Pour the strawberries and mint into the cream and stir.

6 - Remove the whole sprigs of mint and pour the mixture into a freezer proof container with a lid and place in the freezer and freeze over night.

7 - To make the meringues pre heat the oven to 100C.

8 - Whisk the egg whites until you have stiff peaks.

9 - Gently stir in the caster sugar.

10 - Gently spoon the egg whites into a piping bag and pipe onto a lined baking tray.

11 - Place the baking tray in the centre of the pre heated oven and bake for 1 hour 30 minutes.

To serve remove the ice cream from the freezer for 5 minutes to soften a little. Break up a meringue and place in the bottom of a glass bowl. Spoon on the strawberry and mint ice cream, scatter over some more meringue pieces and decorate with a whole strawberry and a sprig of fresh mint. This is a divine dessert which is perfect for cooling down on a hot summers day!

Enjoy x

This post is an entry for the #MorrisonsMum Summer Recipe eBook Challenge sponsored by Morrisons, which has recently cut prices on over a thousand every day products. Find out more here Price Checker Tool I am entering this summer recipe to the Sweet Treats category.

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