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Fennel ice-cream recipe

Mark LeBrooy and Darren Robertson

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Seriously good: Try fennel ice-cream with a chocolate dessert.
Seriously good: Try fennel ice-cream with a chocolate dessert.Edwina Pickles

It may sounds a little odd, but fennel goes very well with chocolate. Try this luscious ice-cream with a comforting chocolate winter pudding and you'll be convinced.

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Ingredients

  • 8 yolks

  • 180g castor sugar

  • 200g chopped fennel including tops

  • 1 tbsp roasted fennel seeds

  • 475ml milk

  • 475ml cream

  • 60ml liquid glucose

  • 20ml pernod

Method

  1. 1. In a large bowl, whisk the yolks and sugar.

    2. Put the fennel, seeds, milk, cream, glucose and pernod in a saucepan, bring almost to the boil then remove from heat leave to infuse for one hour.

    3. Return to the boil, strain into a large jug, then pour and whisk into the yolks.

    4. Return the mix to the saucepan and heat gently while stirring until it thickens slightly and coats the back of a wooden spoon.

    5. Strain into a bowl, chill then churn in an ice-cream machine.

    Serve with: The Blue Ducks' chocolate and burnt orange bread and butter pudding. It's a delicious flavour combination!

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