Cassis Splashed Melon With French Vanilla Ice Cream Blackb Recipes

MELON, CASSIS AND FRENCH VANILLA ICE CREAM WITH BLACKBERRIES

Steps:

• Cut a sliver off each melon wedge so that it will sit evenly on dessert plate. Pour 2 tablespoons of cassis liqueur or syrup across each melon wedge. Soften ice cream in microwave on high for 10 seconds. Scoop 1 ball of French vanilla ice cream onto each wedge of melon. Garnish dessert with a few blackberries and serve.

MIXED BERRY AND CASSIS SUNDAES

Steps:

• Bring crème de cassis and 1/4 cup sugar to a simmer, stirring until sugar has dissolved (if alcohol flames, momentarily cover with lid to extinguish). Stir in lemon juice.
• Pour syrup over berries, stirring gently to coat. Let stand 10 minutes.
• Beat cream with remaining tablespoon sugar using an electric mixer until it just holds stiff peaks.
• Divide ice cream and sorbet among glasses. Top with berries and syrup, then with whipped cream.

MANGO, BLACKBERRY CASSIS, AND VANILLA MOSAIC

Steps:

• Put sorbet and ice cream in refrigerator until evenly softened, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, purée blackberries, sugar, and cassis in a blender until smooth, then strain thourough a fine-mesh sieve set over a bowl, pressing on and then discarding solids. Freeze to thicken slightly until ice cream is ready, 20 to 40 minutes, then stir until smooth.
• Lightly oil loaf pan, then cut a piece of parchment to fit bottom and long sides of pan, leaving at least 3 inches of overhang on each side.
• Fill pan decoratively with spoonfuls of sorbet and ice cream, pressing down and filling empty spaces with blackberry purée as you go. Smooth top, pressing down with back of spoon to eliminutesate air spaces, then fold parchment flaps over top and freeze until solid, at least 3 hours.
• To unmold, run a thin knife along short sides of pan to loosen mosaic, then open parchment and invert onto a flat serving dish, discarding parchment.
• Cut mosaic into 1/2-inch-thick slices.
• Cooks' note: Mosaic can be made 5 days ahead and frozen, covered with plastic wrap.
• Makes 10 to 12 servings.

CASSIS A L'EAU

Steps:

• Fill 3 glasses with ice cubes. Place 1 to 2 tablespoons crème de cassis in each glass and add water.

CASSIS-SPLASHED MELON WITH FRENCH VANILLA ICE CREAM & BLACKB

Steps:

• Cut off a sliver of each melon wedge bottom, so that they will sit nicely on a plate.
• Pour 2 tablespoons of cassis liqueur or syrup across each melon wedge.
• Scoop 1 ball of ice cream onto each wedge of melon.
• Garnish each with blackberries and serve.
• Simple as that!