Passionate Orange Ice-cream

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 large oranges
• 2 passion fruit (optional)
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 liter vanilla ice cream
• 1 -3 tablespoon orange liqueur

Recipe

• 1 cut a thick slice from the top of each orange and reserve them as'lids'.
• 2 scoop the orange flesh out and place with all the juice in a shallow saucepan.
• 3 put the orange shells to one side.
• 4 add the passionfruit pulp and honey.
• 5 simmer until reduced to about 1/3 of the original volume.
• 6 strain mixture into a measuring cup- it should measure 1/2 cup.
• 7 chill.
• 8 meanwhile, pierce the centre of each of the orange'lids' with a skewer- (each'lid' will later hold a couple of citrus leaves as garnish) place the vanilla ice-cream into a large bowl.
• 9 add to this the 1/2 cup of reduced orange juice and liqueur.
• 10 beat quickly, and spoon into the orange shells.
• 11 replace the'lids'.
• 12 enclose each one in plastic wrap.
• 13 freeze upright for atleast 8 hours and up to 2 weeks!
• 14 remove from the freezer 5-10 minutes before serving to allow for the ice-cream to soften slightly and the shells to'frost up'.
• 15 place a sprig of something citrus on top of each'lid' to garnish- example: a couple of leaves from either an orange or a lemon tree.
• 16 ('poke'stemof leaves through skewered holes).
• 17 note: if oranges are very large, add an extra scoop of vanilla ice-cream to the mixture.
• 18 and do not substitute the fresh orange juice for commercial orange juice concentrate- i recommend using the fresh orange juice only.