Serve with a caramel sauce or add pieces of chopped fudge to the mix to make caramel fudge ice-cream or deep-fry, wrapped in filo sealed with a little butter, cook till golden and serve straight away with a butterscotch sauce.

Preparation time: 10-15 minutes plus churning time   Quantity: Serves 4-6   Cooking time: 10-15 minutes

Ingredients

5 eggs -medium/large
1 vanilla pod -seeds or 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
125g/ 5 oz caster sugar
3 tablespoons fresh water
280-300 ml double cream
200 ml full fat milk

Method

  • Whisk the eggs and vanilla together till lighter and frothy
  • Boil the sugar and water together till it forms a caramel
  • Remove from the heat and allow to cool for a minute or two
  • Add the cream and milk, whisk together
  • Heat again to reheat and stir the caramel in to the mix
  • When simmering pour over the eggs and whisk well
  • Pour back in to the pan and heat up very gently, stirring all the time till the mix thickens slightly and coats the back of the spoon
  • Take of the heat and cool completely
  • Churn in an ice-cream machine