Baked Alaska

Name: Baked Alaska
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 larges egg whites; 0 teaspoons fresh lemon juice; 305 grams frozen pound cake, not thawed; 2 pints superpremium strawberry ice cream (not 1 quart); 177 milliliters sugar

Need a gluten free, dairy free, and fodmap friendly side dish? Baked Alaska could be an excellent recipe to try. This recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains approximately 8g of protein, 11g of fat, and a total of 422 calories. If you have egg whites, superpremium strawberry ice cream, pound cake, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Cut frozen cake crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Line bottom of a 9-inch pie plate with cake slices, some halved or cut into pieces to fill in gaps. Halve remaining cake slices lengthwise and place around edge of plate. Patch up any holes with pieces of remaining cake slices. (You may have a couple of slices left over.)

Cut paper containers from ice cream and slice each pint into 3 rounds. Arrange 3 rounds in 1 layer on top of cake in pie plate and cut each remaining round into 6 wedges. Fill holes in ice cream layer with some of ice cream wedges and mound remainder in center of pie plate. Freeze 25 minutes.

Ingredients you will need

Ice Cream

Preheat oven to 450°F.

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Oven

After ice cream and cake have been freezing 20 minutes, beat egg whites and a pinch of salt with an electric mixer until foamy, then add lemon juice and continue to beat until whites hold soft peaks. Gradually add sugar, beating, and continue beating until whites just hold stiff, glossy peaks.

Ingredients you will need

Lemon Juice

Egg Whites

Ice Cream

Sugar

Salt

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Hand Mixer

Remove ice-cream base from freezer and mound meringue over it, spreading to edge of plate to cover ice cream completely.

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Ice Cream

Cream

Base

Ice

Bake in middle of oven until golden brown, about 6 minutes.

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Oven

Serve immediately.

• The base can be assembled 2 days ahead and frozen, tightly wrapped. Make meringue and, after topping base, bake Alaska 10 minutes.• The egg whites in this recipe may not be fully cooked. If salmonella is a problem in your area, you can use powdered egg whites such as Just Whites.

Ingredients you will need

Dried Egg Whites