Zuppa English ice cream

What is that? I asked myself that too at the beginning. Now I know a little more. Zuppa Inglese ice cream is a great ice cream creation based on an Italian sponge cake dessert. In Italy, Inglese is the classic expression for layered dessert, but the Italian dessert “Tiramisu” is better known in Germany. But in Italy and beyond the borders, the Zuppa Inglese Dessert very popular.

For me it was the occasion to have a great ice cream with our Zuppa English ice cream paste Even if this ice cream combination is not so well known here in Germany, I can only tell you that this combination is absolutely amazing. What's more, this combination has made it into my top 10 favorite ice cream flavors. My family and a work colleague are also really enthusiastic about this ice cream recipe.

Delicious ingredient for Zuppa Inglese

As with the dessert, I later added candied fruit to the finished ice cream. Here I decided to use some candied cherries and dried apricots. You can get these fruits pretty much anywhere and you don't have to look for them for long. I didn't want to use candied orange and lemon peel because they have too intense a taste. Candied melon or quince is also often used in the classic Zuppa Inglese, but these ingredients aren't that common in our shops. So you can use whatever candied fruit you want. Even though I'm not a fan of candied fruit, they're fantastic in this Zuppa Inglese ice cream.

Later, the finished Zuppa Inglese ice cream is topped with sponge cake pieces, which are traditionally served with Alchermes liqueur (an Italian herbal liqueur) to give the sponge cakes their beautiful red colour. Alternatively, you can use Marsala or rum, but this recipe is about the red colour and not the alcohol. If you want to make the ice cream without alcohol, you can also add a red Variegato spread: e.g. B. our raspberry Variegato. Because the eye eats with you.

A little hint

I didn't use a normal biscuit base for the biscuit pieces, but opted for the little Madeleine cakes. Why? Because they simply have a little more aroma and taste better. The cakes are cut into small cubes, with the liqueur or alternatively with the Variegato coated and frozen overnight. Shortly before the ice cream is taken out of the ice cream machine, the diced cakes and the finely chopped fruit are briefly stirred under the ice cream again. The great thing about it is that the Madeleine cakes remain wonderfully soft in the Zuppa Inglese ice cream and retain their cake character.

Even if the ice cream is still unknown here in Germany, I can only recommend you try it yourself. You can also make these creations with a Ninja Creami ice cream machine. Additional tips and varied Ninja Creami Recipes can be found on our blog

A highlight for cold days, but of course also tastes good in the warm season.

We also have a chocolate version, if you are interested, have a look at our Zuppa English ice cream with chocolate

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