Red fruit are the star of the Summer season. Here is a delicious and refreshing recipe, easy to prepare and which will give you a wee taste of your childhood with the marshmallows. Enjoy!
Marshmallow ice cream, red fruit salad
Serves 6
For the ice cream
200g marshmallows (white and pink)
3 tbsp double cream
500 g Greek yogurt
juice of half a lemon
For the fruit salad
600g mixed red fruit (strawberries, raspberries, blackcurrants, redcurrants)
2 tbsp cherry or strawberry jam
juice of half a lemon
4 tbsp single malt
sprigs of mint or basil (chopped)
pinch of black pepper
Method
1 – Gather the fruit in a large bowl. Set aside 6 small strawberries for decoration. Melt the jam with the lemon juice a few seconds in the microwave. Add to the fruit with black pepper and mint. Stir delicately. Keep in the fridge.
2 – Make the icecream. Melt the marshmallows with the cream in a bowl placed over a pan of simmering water (bain-marie). Stir firmly until the marshmallows are completely melted in the cream. Remove from the bain-marie and allow to cool. In a bowl, whisk the yogurt with the lemon juice. Mix with marshmallow and place in the icecream maker or the freezer.
3 – Divide the fruit salad into 6 glasses. Sprinkle with chopped mint or basil. Top with a scoop of icecream and decorate with a strawberry.
The perfect match
Choose a fruity or floral single malt to accompany this sweet. Speyside or Lowland malts will pair well with red fruit. I have always like to pair Cragganmore 12 year old with red fruit.
Some distilleries start selling their new make. I recently tasted the new Kingsbarns distillery (in Fife) new make and it would perfectly fit as it offers a combination of floral and fruity notes. They now sell 20 cl bottles of new make at the distillery. My advice: refresh it in the fridge (or even in the freezer before serving).