• Ricotta, honey and almond ice cream

    Serves: 4
    Cooking Time: 10 mins plus extra for freezing

    Ingredients

    • SYRUP
    • 200g (1 cup) sugar
    • 125ml (½ cup) water
    • 10ml (2 tsp) ground cardamom
    • 45ml (3 tbsp) ready-made coffee
    • ICE CREAM
    • 500ml (2 cups) fresh ricotta
    • 60ml (¼ cup) milk
    • 190ml (¾ cup) syrup
    • honey, to serve
    • almonds, toasted, to serve

    Instructions

    1

    To make the syrup, heat the sugar and water in a pot and stir until the sugar dissolves to form a syrup. Add the cardamom and coffee and stir to combine. Set aside to cool.

    2

    Combine the ricotta and milk in a food processor and blend until smooth. Add the syrup and process until well combined.

    3

    Transfer the mixture to a plastic container and freeze. Stir every hour for the next 3 hours to break up the ice crystals, until the ice cream is smooth and thick.

    4

    Serve the ice cream drizzled with the honey and sprinkled with the almonds.