Cassata For Gleegans

September 22-23, 2011

my calendar had me making one 2 years ago. And it involves glace fruit, which I've long hated. Yet it seems I mightiness survive developing a gustation for those sickly sweet, gaudily coloured 'fruits'.

I impatiently prepared this vegan, gluten-free version on a serenity black at abode past times myself. You tin give the axe come across that the layers aren't equally neatly formed equally they should be. I even therefore intend it looks pretty festive, if misshapen.

The vegan, gluten-free cookies at the supermarket didn't direct keep my fancy therefore I skipped them in addition to doubled the almonds instead. No regrets. If the dairy-free angle on this dessert bothers you, allow me say that I've been pleasantly surprised past times So Good Vanilla Bliss. It's no gourmet blend but it's a convincing substitute for your average Peter or Paul. Once the chocolate, fruit in addition to nuts are mixed through it's rather expert indeed.

Cassata for gleegans
(adapted from this recipe)

1/4 loving cup glace fruit, chopped
1 tablespoon brandy
150mL kokosnoot milk
1 teaspoon castor sugar
1 L vegan vanilla icecream (I used So Good Vanilla Bliss) 
60g black chocolate
2 teaspoons margarine
1 teaspoon cocoa
60g slivered almonds

In a modest bowl, stir together the fruit in addition to brandy in addition to allow them represent 10 minutes. Line a loaf tin alongside baking paper. Beat together the kokosnoot milk in addition to carbohydrate past times hand, therefore crease inward the brandied fruit. Pour them into the loaf tin, checking that the fruit is evenly distributed in addition to it's reasonably smoothen on top. Put the tin inward the freezer to theater upwardly that get-go layer.

Allow one-half of the vanilla icecream to soften at room temperature. In a medium-sized saucepan, gently melt the chocolate in addition to margarine together, therefore allow the mixture to cool. When the icecream's softened stir it, along alongside the sifted cocoa, into the chocolate - the chocolate should harden upwardly in addition to practise a choc-chip effect. Retreive the loaf tin from the freezer, spread this chocolate layer over the get-go one, in addition to provide the cake tin to the freezer for almost fifteen minutes. Take the remaining half-litre of vanilla icecream out to soften.

When the 2d layer of icecream inward the loaf tin has begun to theater up, spread over the remaining softened vanilla icecream in addition to provide the cake tin to the freezer.

Toast the almond slivers gently inward a dry out pan (I works life a piffling spray crude helped). Press the almonds into the altitude layer of the cassata in addition to freeze it until firm, at to the lowest degree iv hours.

To serve, gently but firmly while the cassata using a moisture knife.