Spumoni (italian Ice Cream Like Dessert)

Total Time: 4 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 4 hrs Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups milk
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 5 egg yolks
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla flavoring or 1/2 teaspoon rum flavoring (or your personal favorite)
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 8 maraschino cherries, cut into small pieces
• 1 tablespoon candied orange peel, cut fine
• 8 shelled blanched almonds, cut into thin slivers

Recipe

• 1 chill a 1 quart spumoni mold well.
• 2 if you don't have a spumoni mold, a 1 quart gelatin mold will work very well.
• 3 first mixture: combine milk, sugar, egg yolks and vanilla in a sauce pan.
• 4 cook over low heat, stirring constantly until thickend (like a pudding).
• 5 cool mixture.
• 6 place cooled mixture in a freezer tray and freeze until medium hard (about 2 hours).
• 7 it should be soft enough to spoon out easily, but hard enough to hold its shape.
• 8 second mixture: in bowl, beat heavy cream and sugar together until stiff.
• 9 gently mix in the cherries, orange peel and almonds.
• 10 chill the second mixture thoroughly in the refrigerator.
• 11 filling mold: when first mixture is ready (semi-frozen), remove from freezer tray and line the inside of the chilled mold with it.
• 12 with the back of a spoon, shape a hollow in the middle of the first mixture.
• 13 fill the hollow with the second mixture.
• 14 cover the top of the mold with plastic wrap or waxed paper, and freeze for about 2 hours (until very firm).
• 15 to serve, dip mold briefly in warm water and unmold onto a serving plate.
• 16 cut spumoni into 6-8 portions.