AA Gill, Mark Hix

Baked Alaska

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
top 1000The Ivy: The Restaurant and its Recipes
The Ivy

By AA Gill and Mark Hix

Published 1997

  • About

If everything is made fresh, Baked Alaska is an all-day job, so buy good-quality sorbet, ice cream and a sponge, or make one in advance. The flavours of the sorbet and ice cream can be varied to give a seasonal touch.

Ingredients

  • 500 ml vanilla ice cream
  • 500 ml raspberry sorbet
  • 350 g<

Method

Remove the ice cream and sorbet from the freezer about 10 minutes before you assemble the Alaska.

Bring 100 ml water and 100 g of the caster sugar to the boil, cool a little and add