Recipe - Praline Ice Cream Sandwiches With Mixed Fruit Compote

ICE CREAM
One half cup Sugar
2 tablespoon Water
One half cup Slivered blanched almonds
1 pt Vanilla ice cream; softened
One half teaspoon Ground cinnamon

COOKIES
1 cup All purpose flour
One half teaspoon Ground ginger
One half teaspoon Baking powder
1 pn Salt
2 tablespoon Unsalted butter; room
temperature
; (One fourth stick)
2 tablespoon Vegetable shortening; room
temperature
2/3 cup Sugar
1 lg Egg
2 tablespoon Finely minced crystallized
ginger
3 Paper strips;
(1/2inchwide)
Powdered sugar
Mixed Fruit Compote

FOR ICE CREAM:

Butter small baking sheet. Combine sugar and water in heavy small saucepan.
Stir over low heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat to mediumhigh;
boil without stirring until syrup turns deep amber, brushing sides of pan
with wet pastry brush and swirling pan occasionally, about 6 minutes. Add
nuts. Immediately pour onto prepared baking sheet. Cool praline completely.

Finely chop praline. Mix ice cream, cinnamon and half of praline in medium
bowl (reserve remaining praline for another use). Cover ice cream and
freeze.

FOR COOKIES:

Position rack in center of oven; preheat to 350F. Combine first 4
ingredients in medium bowl. Beat butter, shortening and 2/3 cup sugar in
large bowl until smooth. Beat in egg. Mix in flour mixture, then
crystallized ginger. Transfer dough to ungreased nonstick 13x9x1/2inch
baking sheet. Using rubber spatula, spread dough evenly over baking sheet,
covering completely (dough will be sticky). Bake until top is dry and edges
begin to brown, about 15 minutes. Remove from oven. Immediately cut into
5x2inch rectangles. Cool. Freeze 8 cookies 1 hour (reserve remainder for
another use). (Ice cream and cookies can be made 1 day ahead. Keep frozen.)

Soften praline ice cream until spreadable. Spread One half cup ice cream over
bottom of each of 4 cookies. Top each with another cookie, bottom side
down, forming sandwiches. Wrap tightly in plastic; freeze until firm, at
least 4 hours. (Can be made 3 days ahead. Keep frozen.)

Place frozen cookie sandwich on work surface. Lay paper strips diagonally
across top of cookie. Sift powdered sugar over, forming diagonal lines.
Remove strips. Repeat with remaining sandwiches. Place 1 sandwich on each
of 4 plates. Using slotted spoon, surround each with compote. Drizzle any
syrup from compote around fruit.

Serves 4.

Bon Appetit February 1995

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