Caramel Ice Cream Shooters

What do you do with leftover Ice Cream? It seems a silly question, afterall who has leftover ice Cream? Well let's call it "Put aside ice cream" for the benefit of cocktail creations and never speak of this again! 

One of my first Thermomix recipe attempts was Tenina's Salted Caramel Ice Cream.  It has a cult following and for good reason too! This stuff is unbelievable and so good in fact, I had to hide the tub in the far reaches of my freezer so that Mr Thermomix Me A Drink Darling (in fact he is actually the Darling in this case) would not find it. It seems I couldn't find it either, hence my leftover predicament.  

But all is not lost, I found it again, when forced to make room for all of the Stonefruits that are overripe and perfect for frozen cocktails.  I thought long and hard, I had a few mouthfuls of icecream and considered that an ice cream shooter would be exactly the right option! If you are all out of Tenina's Ice Cream, don't despair, there is an Inferior Substitute listed also.

This recipe asks for a Caramel garnish, Dulce de leche.  This is Spanish for hands off its mine or milky caramel if your Spanish, created by caramelising condensed milk.  A good alternative is the Top and Fill caramel available in supermarkets, but you might prefer to make your own by adding a tin of condensed milk to your bowl and boiling on Varoma temp for 20 minutes, speed 2 or until it goes brown. You could even do it the old fashioned way and boil a can of condensed milk in a pot on the stove (oh the humanity!)     

  Ingredients 

  250gm  Salted Caramel Ice Cream from Cooking With Tenina  

 100gm Cream 2 shots Spiced Dark Rum, like Captain Morgan's 

 1 shot Butterscotch Schnapps 

 Dulce de Leche for garnish   

  Alternatives to Salted Caramel Ice Cream 

 250gm Vanilla Ice Cream  

 1/2 cup Caramel sauce/topping/dulce de leche 

 Pinch of salt flakes   

  Method 

 Add salted caramel ice cream (or your inferior substitute), cream, rum and schnapps to TM bowl,     speed 7 for 20 seconds. 

 Rim your shot glasses with caramel (you may need to warm the caramel slightly) and fill. 

 Serves anywhere from 2 to 6 depending on how big your glasses are!   

 

  

What a wonderful way to turn something as tragic as leftover Ice cream into a show stopping cocktail! Be sure to head over to Cooking with Tenina for all of the best ice cream recipes and tell her how much better they are with booze!