Sunday, January 9, 2011

Rythm & poetry in ice cream: a recipe by Ryan

So this morning I was telling Ryan about a recipe I came across over at Pioneer Woman's Tasty Kitchen site for banana split ice cream cake. In a flash moment of brilliance and inspiration, out tumbled this recipe from Ryan, who was quoted saying there needs to be rhythm and poetry in ice cream desserts. He is so right. As a bonus, this one qualifies as a five! ingredient! recipe!, which we all love.

Bananas Foster Ice Cream Cake
- 1 graham cracker pie crust
- enough fresh banana slices to evenly layer the bottom of the pie crust
- ice cream of your choice, softened, in keeping with the bananas foster theme (we're thinking classic vanilla or praline or caramel swirl)
- 1 jar Mrs. Richardson's butterscotch sauce or Hershey's caramel sauce at room temperature
- whipped cream for garnish

Assembly:
Layer the sliced banana as the bottom layer on the pie crust. Spoon out enough softened ice cream to fill the crust almost to the rim (leave about 1/4 - 1/2 an inch); it may be worth covering the concoction at this point and freezing until the ice cream is frozen again before moving on to the next step). Pour enough butterscotch or caramel sauce over the ice cream to cover completely. Garnish with whipped cream and freeze until ready to serve.

Note: this recipe hasn't actually been tested, but you KNOW it has to be good!

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