Ad

Showing items 1 to 3 of 3

Sugar-dusted vanilla shortbread
Sugar-dusted vanilla shortbread
A star rating of 4.7 out of 5.56 ratings

Great for keeping the biscuit tin topped up over Christmas, these sweet shortbread thins make a perfect treat

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal385
  • fat27g
  • saturates15g
  • carbs36g
  • sugars36g
  • fibre1g
  • protein2g
  • salt0.06g
    low
Ad

Method

  • step 1

    Tip the cream and sugar into a pan. Bring to the boil, stir until the sugar has dissolved, then turn off the heat. Tip the melon into a food processor with the lemon juice, blitz until smooth, then pour the cream onto the melon and blitz again.

  • step 2

    Pour the mix into an ice-cream machine and churn until thick and semi-frozen, then transfer to a freezerproof container and freeze. Serve the ice cream scooped into a bowl with fresh raspberries.

RECIPE TIPS
A QUICK LOW-FAT DESSERT FOR 4

MELON WITH ORANGE & PIMM’S Mix 500g mixed melon chunks with the segments and juice of 1 orange, 1 tbsp Pimm’s and a handful chopped fresh mint. Spoon into glasses and chill until ready to serve.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2009

Ad

Comments, questions and tips (13)

Rate this recipe

What is your star rating out of 5?

Choose the type of message you'd like to post

Choose the type of message you'd like to post

Overall rating

A star rating of 4.9 out of 5.10 ratings

abhowell

So simple and delicious! This was the first recipe I tried in our new ice cream maker and we went from ingredients to eating ice cream in an hour! I used small a gaia melon and it worked perfectly.

abhowell

And just to add that I reduced the sugar to 150g and it was the perfect amount of sweetness.

clement.huangb2029MEV4dXs-

question

can you add two different melons in this recipe?

goodfoodteam avatar
goodfoodteam

Hello thank you for your question. Different melon types will contain different quantities of water and sugar which will affect the texture of the ice cream - too much water will make it 'icy'. We have only tested the recipe with charentais melon. If you try the recipe with different melon types do…

ruthkmalc

I am making this for the first time and using ingredients as instructed. It seems to have a lot of sugar in it, has anyone tried making it with less sugar? Thanks

Jo.in.sing

Have just made it for the first time and oh so sweet! I think probably half the sugar would have been sweet enough!!

juliebahrain

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Made using Elmlea instead of cream in my old manual ice cream maker. Delicious flavour, will make again.

Tina Vesić avatar

Tina Vesić

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Tried it and loved it! I didn't use and ice cream machine, though, I took it out of the freezer ever 2 hours and mixed it really well with an electric mixer. Worked like a charm :))

Ad
Ad

Related guides

Ad

You may also like

Related recipe collections