Iced Cranachan for Best of British

Iced Cranachan for Best of British – The Scottish Challenge!

We are lucky that New World Appliances as proud BRITISH manufacturers
of kitchen appliances are sponsoring this event for the first six
months.  Each month, one entrant will be picked AT RANDOM to receive a
£50 Amazon voucher.  And, at the end of the six month period we will
have a regional showdown, with a judge to pick the best entry (we are
still working on who that will be and should be able to announce it
shortly).  New World Appliances have kindly offered £300 of Amazon
vouchers for the overall winner, so if you enter every month you have 6
chances to win the grand prize!
We’ll be showcasing the entries both on the Face of New World blog
and on host blogs and promoting the recipes through Facebook and
Twitter, with all your entries fully credited back to your blogs.
So, why not show what you think is the Best of British and join our challenge.
Rules:
 The full rules are posted on The Face of New World Appliances. However, here is a summary of what you have to do to enter:

• Post your recipe on your blog with a link back to The Face of New World Appliances AND to this post.
• Add the Best of British badge to your post.
• Add “Best of British” to your post or as a tag.
• E-mail [email protected] with your recipe title, a link to your post and a photograph by Midnight of 15th July.
• If you post on Twitter, you can use #BestofBritish and if you
  mention @fionamaclean or @serialcrafter or @newworldapps, we will try and
  retweet.
• The round-up of entries will be posted on or before the 20th July on The Face of New World Appliances and here on my blog too.

The Best of British Challenge has been organised by Karen Burns Booth of Lavender and Lovage and Fiona McLean of London Unattached.  Many thanks to them both for all their hard work and to Choclette at Chocolate Log Blog for hosting the first month featuring recipes from Cornwall. Remember to check the round up on the 20th June.

 Scotland’s Food

There are so many fantastic food producers in Scotland.  We have high quality beef and lamb and game, incredible seafood and delicious dairy produce.  The varied landscape of Scotland has the right conditions to for all of these products and, despite some of the ‘deep fried Mars Bar’ anti-food propaganda, Scotland has an excellent reputation for good food. 

I thought long and hard about what I should showcase for Best of British and toyed with a smoked venison salad or maybe some traditional baking.  In the end I decided to put a bit of a twist on a dish that is full of Scottish products and is popular in restaurants and at home for entertaining:  Cranachan.

I’m not sure what that bottle says about us, there doesn’t seem to be much Auchentoshan malt whisky left!  In my defence, we have had that bottle for quite a while… oh yes and some lovely Scottish Heather Honey, thick and fragrant.

It’s also the start of the Scottish soft fruit season.  I visited a fruit farm in Fife last weekend, no raspberries there, but plenty of strawberries.  These raspberries come from Perthshire, the cooler summers in Scotland are ideal for raspberry growing.

Iced Cranachan

Take a traditional Scottish dessert of cream, raspberries, whisky, and oatmeal and turn it into ice cream.

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Servings: 6

Calories: 365kcal

Author: Janice Pattie

Ingredients

For the ice-cream

• 300 ml milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 egg yolks
• 25 g caster sugar
• 1 tbsp Scottish Heather Honey
• 1 tbsp Scottish Malt Whisky
• 300 ml 1/2 Fat Creme Fraiche

For the Oat Crumble

• 100 g Scottish medium oatmeal I used Hamlyns Oatmeal suitable for baking
• 30 g Scottish butter
• 50 g demerara sugar
• 200 g Scottish Raspberries

Metric - US Customary units

Instructions

To make the ice cream

• Pour milk into a heavy based saucepan, add the honey and heat until almost boiling.
• Take off the heat and let it cool slightly.
• Whisk the egg yolks and sugar together in a bowl until thick and creamy. Gradually whisk in the hot milk, then strain back into the pan.
• Cook over a low heat, stirring constantly, until thickened enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon.
• Do not allow to boil!
• Pour into a chilled bowl and leave to cool in the fridge
• Whisk the Creme Fraiche into the cold custard until evenly blended.
• Pour into an ice cream maker and churn until frozen, alternatively freeze in a shallow container, whisking 2 or 3 times during freezing to break down the ice crystals and ensure an even-textured ice-cream.

To make the oat crumble

• Rub together the medium oatmeal and the butter until combined and resembling rough breadcrumbs.
• Add the demerara sugar and stir through.
• Heat the oven to 180C and spread the mixture on a baking tray.
• Bake for 15 - 20 minutes until golden brown and crispy.
• Let the crumble cool.
• When the ice-cream is still soft, add half the oat crumble and mix well.

For the Raspberry Coulis

• 100g Scottish Raspberries
• 25g icing sugar, sieved
• Push 100g of raspberries through a sieve, collecting the juice in a bowl.
• Stir in the icing sugar until dissolved.
• Chill until ready to use.

To present

• If wished you can fill the ice cream and crumble mix into small dariole moulds or teacups and refreeze.  
• Unmould by dipping the dariole moulds or cups into hot water then turn over. Serve with the coulis, fresh raspberries and some of the retained crumble. 

Nutrition

Calories: 365kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Cholesterol: 181mg | Sodium: 82mg | Potassium: 175mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 21.6% | Vitamin C: 11% | Calcium: 10.9% | Iron: 3.6%

I used some old fashioned Tala Castle Cake tins, lined with clingfilm, to make my little ices, but you could use a small glass or just add a scoop of ice cream to your plate.  You need to take the ice-cream out of the freezer about half an hour before eating.  Place the ice cream on the plate, using a dessert spoon add a pool of raspberry coulis on one side and place three raspberries in the coulis.  Add a little ‘stream’ of oat crumble on the opposite side of the plate.

This is not an over sweet dessert, there is only a very subtle taste of whisky, but you could leave it out if you don’t have it or don’t like it.  They honey taste is to the fore and the different textures of the crunchy oat crumble and smooth raspberry coulis are delicious with the ice-cream.

I hope you will join us in the Best of British Challenge and make something from Scotland, it can be a traditional Scottish dish or a dish using Scottish produce.  I look forward to seeing what you make and good luck with the prize draw.

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