By Ina Paarman
Like most of us, I love gadgets. I could not resist buying this ice cream cutter
to make these Chocolate Ice Cream Sandwiches. You can use a cookie cutter,
but it is a bit more difficult.
You will need:
Cookies
1 x 390 g Ina Paarman’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix
125 g butter at room temperature
1 extra large or jumbo egg, at room temperature
Chocolate Ice Cream
1 ¼ cups (310 ml) cold water
1 x 310 g Ina Paarman’s Chocolate Mousse Mix
2 cups (500 ml) chilled fresh cream
Garnish
grated chocolate
Method
Adjust oven rack to one slot above middle shelf. Preheat
oven to 180°C and line two baking trays with baking
paper. Mix cookies according to package instructions
but, spoon out 2 t (10 ml) of the dry cookie mixture to
use when flattening cookies with a fork. Roll rounded
teaspoonfuls of cookie mixture into balls. Place them 5
cm apart on the prepared trays. . Press balls down very
firmly until they become about ¼ cm thick. Remember
to dip the fork after every cookie, otherwise the dough
will stick to the prongs of the fork. Bake for 10 – 12
minutes, until golden brown. Remove baking tray from
oven and leave cookies to firm up before gently lifting
them onto a cooling rack. Allow cookies to cool down
completely before storing in an airtight container.
Measure the water into a medium sized mixing bowl.
Sprinkle the Chocolate Mousse Mix over the water and
beat until well blended. Cover with clingfilm and leave
in the fridge for 5 minutes. In a smaller mixing bowl,
whip the cream until soft peak stage. Remove the
mousse mixture from the fridge and using the same
beaters, whip the mixture again until smooth. Gently
fold the whipped cream into the mousse mixture using
a spatula or metal spoon and stir until evenly blended.
Dish into a 29 cm x 20 cm rectangular dish, the mixture
must be ± 2.5 cm high. Place in freezer for at least 4
hours or overnight.
To serve:
Remove the hard, frozen ice cream from the freezer
10 minutes before cutting.
Briefly dip the ice cream cutter or round cookie cutter into hot water and cut out rounds ± 5 ½ cm in
diameter.
Sandwich ice cream between 2 Chocolate Chip
Cookies.
Lightly sprinkle with grated chocolate for serving.
These Ice Cream Sandwiches can be assembled in
advance and put back into the fridge until serving
time.