In The Country and Town December 2024

FOOD - Recipe Leith Prue Leith’s easy leftover Christmas cake ice cream recipe

By Lauren Taylor, PA

Great British Bake Off judge and chef Prue Leith says:“Few children like Christmas pudding, but I’ve never met one who didn’t like ice cream.About 40 years ago, I started using the leftover Christmas cake or lump of Christmas pudding in a Christmas dessert made mostly of vanilla ice cream.

“Now everyone expects this version of Christmas ‘pud’. Some years the ice cream is flavoured with leftovers, sometimes I just buy a jar of mincemeat and use that.

“Sometimes it’s crumbled mince pies. But the essential thing is to get enough of that Christmas flavour – so taste as you mix, and add a bit of powdered cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and ginger, if you need to.”

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