Saturday 26 March 2011

Easy gingernut dessert

Last night with the help of Sebastian and Joanna, we recreated a dessert I'd had many years ago at my godparents' house.

All you need is a packet of gingernut biscuits and some whipping/double cream.  Start by whipping the cream with a generous splash of alcohol - we used whiskey, but rum would probably have been even better. Whip till holding it's shape, but be careful not to overwhisk.

Pour a little more of the alcohol into a shallow dish and the quickly dip both sides of a biscuit into it.  Spread a little of the cream onto one side of the biscuit. Dip another biscuit into the alcohol and sandwich together.  Place this on a service dish or plate with the biscuits standing.  Continue spreading cream and sandwiching together the biscuits until you have a long sausage of sandwiched biscuits.  Allowing a 4 to 5 biscuit portion per person, make it as long as you need. 

Spread the rest of the cream over the top of the sausage and if desired, grate a little dark chocolate over the top.  The longer you leave it to stand the soggier the biscuits become.

It is a quick and easy dessert to make, but be warned: it is VERY rich and remarkably intoxicating!!

Unfortunately, no pictures...

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