Chocolate-Cherry, Pistachio, and Raspberry Ice Cream Cake

Chocolate-Cherry, Pistachio, and Raspberry Ice Cream Cake
This recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains roughly 15g of protein, 36g of fat, and a total of 852 calories. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It will be a hit at your Summer event. 1 person found this recipe to be scrumptious and satisfying. A mixture of bar imported milk chocolate, pistachio ice cream, additional amaretti cookies, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

1
Boil dried tart cherries and orange juice in heavy small saucepan until all liquid is absorbed, stirring often, about 8 minutes.
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2
Remove pan from heat; cool completely.
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3
Line 9x9x2-inch metal baking pan with foil, extending over sides of pan. Finely grind cookies and almonds in processor; add butter and process until moist crumbs form. Press crumbs onto bottom of foil-lined pan.
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4
Place in freezer.
5
Mix chocolate ice cream, chopped chocolate, and cherry mixture in medium bowl. Spoon over crust; smooth top. Freeze 30 minutes. Top with raspberry sorbet; smooth top. Freeze 30 minutes.
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6
Mix pistachio ice cream and orange peel in another medium bowl. Spoon over sorbet; smooth top (ice cream will come all the way up to top of pan). Cover and freeze until firm, at least 4 hours or overnight.
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7
Using foil as aid, lift ice cream cake from pan; peel off foil. Use spatula dipped into hot water to smooth sides of cake.
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8
Transfer cake to platter.
9
Garnish top of cake with chocolate curls or amaretti cookies dipped halfway into room-temperature Hot Fudge Sauce.
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10
Cut cake into squares.
11
Serve with Hot Fudge Sauce.
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1
Soften the ice cream and sorbet in the microwave on high in two to three 10-second intervals until just soft enough to spread. *Light, airy Italian almond macaroons that are available at some supermarkets and Italian markets.
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DifficultyHard
Ready In45 m.
Servings8
Health Score3
Dish TypesSide Dish
OccasionsSummer
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