Honeycomb with milk ice cream

"Honeycomb was my signature dish when I worked at Marque Restaurant. Here it is served with a milk ice cream that doesn't require an ice cream machine. The ice cream can be flavoured with whatever you like, such as vanilla or extracts, but in this version, I've used crème fraiche to add a sour note."

Honeycomb with milk ice cream Credit: Adam Liaw

• serves

  6

• prep

  10 minutes

• cook

  10 minutes

• difficulty

  Easy

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The Land of Milk and Honey

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Ingredients

• 395 g can condensed milk
• 400 g thickened cream
• 200 g crème fraiche
• ½ tsp fine salt

Honeycomb

• 425 g caster sugar
• 150 g glucose
• 65 g honey
• 18 g bicarbonate of soda, sifted

Chilling/freezing time: overnight

Instructions

1. Place the condensed milk in a large bowl. Place the thickened cream, crème fraiche and salt in a separate bowl and whisk until medium peaks form. Fold the whipped cream into the condensed milk in two additions. Transfer to a container and freeze overnight or until set.
2. For the honeycomb, line a 20 cm square cake tin (or a similar size in any shape, you just want something with sides) with baking paper.
3. Place the sugar, glucose, honey and 75 ml water into a deep saucepan. Bring to the boil and continue cooking until the mixture reaches 160˚C on a sugar thermometre. Remove from the heat and whisk in the bicarbonate of soda. Immediately pour into the prepared tin and leave to set for 1 hour or until hard. Store in an airtight container until ready to serve.
4. To serve, break the honeycomb into large pieces and serve with scoops of milk ice cream.

 

Photography by Adam Liaw.

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Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.

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The Land of Milk and Honey

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