Ube Ice Cream Sandwich with Coconut White Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
This towering ice cream sandwich uses ube, a bright purple Filipino yam, to flavour the ice cream and thick chocolate chip cookies for the 'sandwich'. Each of these elements is delicious in their own right, but they’re especially delightful sandwiched together into one phenomenal dessert.
Ingredients
- 1pint of whipping cream
- 1pint of whole milk
- 6egg yolks
- 7.063oz of caster sugar
- 1pinch of table salt
- 1tbsp of vanilla bean paste
- 1tbsp of ube extract
- 4 ¼oz of ube halaya
- 8 ⅛oz of unsalted butter, softened
- 7.063oz of caster sugar
- 3 ½oz of soft light brown sugar
- 2eggs
- 2tsp vanilla bean paste
- 5 ⅔oz of desiccated coconut
- 10 ⅔oz of plain flour
- ½tsp sodium bicarbonate
- 1pinch of table salt
- 8 ¾oz of white chocolate chips, plus a handful extra for adding to the tops
- 2handfuls of desiccated coconut
Instructions
Step 1
Begin by preparing the ube ice cream. Add the cream and whole milk to a large saucepan and warm over a medium heat | Ingredients: 1 pint of whipping cream , 1 pint of whole milkStep 2
Stir occasionally until the mix begins to steamStep 3
Meanwhile whisk together the egg yolks, sugar and a pinch of salt until the mixture begins to lighten | Ingredients: 6 egg yolks , 7 1/16 oz of caster sugar , 1 pinch of table saltStep 4
Slowly temper the mix with a little bit of the warm cream mixture, pouring a small amount of the cream into the egg mix while whiskingStep 5
Add everything back to the saucepan - all the egg and all the cream - and whisk until smoothStep 6
Heat the mixture over a low heat until it’s thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Stir the mixture while it thickens to make sure it heats evenly, and keep an eye on it so it doesn’t come to the boil and scrambleStep 7
Blend the thickened custard with the vanilla bean paste, ube extract and ube halaya until fully combined | Ingredients: 1 tbsp of vanilla bean paste , 1 tbsp of ube extract , 4 1/4 oz of ube halayaStep 8
Strain the ice cream base through a fine sieve, then chill in the fridge until completely cold, or overnight. Once cold, churn in an ice cream maker and then transfer to the freezer to setStep 9
For the white chocolate and coconut cookies, first add the softened butter along with both of the sugars and the egg to a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, then beat for around 4 minutes | Ingredients: 8 1/8 oz of unsalted butter, softened , 7 1/16 oz of caster sugar , 3 1/2 oz of soft light brown sugar , 2 eggsStep 10
Once the mix is smooth, add in the vanilla and beat well | Ingredients: 2 tsp vanilla bean pasteStep 11
Add in the desiccated coconut, flour, sodium bicarbonate and salt and mix well until everything has just come together. Take care not to over mix it | Ingredients: 5 2/3 oz of desiccated coconut , 10 2/3 oz of plain flour , 1/2 tsp sodium bicarbonate , 1 pinch of table saltStep 12
Fold in the chocolate chips with a rubber spatula | Ingredients: 8 3/4 oz of white chocolate chips, plus a handful extra for adding to the topsStep 13
Line a baking tray with parchment paper then divide the dough into xx equal portionsStep 14
Cover the tray with plastic wrap and freeze for one hourStep 15
Preheat the oven 175°CStep 16
Bake the cookies for 15 minutes, then remove from the oven and swirl the warm cookies in a 7.5 cm ring cutter to form them into circles. Leave to cool on the baking trayStep 17
To assemble, scoop out the ice cream and sandwich each scoop between two cooled cookies. To finish, roll the edges of the ice cream sandwich in desiccated coconut | Ingredients: 2 handfuls of desiccated coconut