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Ice Cream Yule Log with Chestnut and Clementine
5 from 2 votes

Ice Cream Yule Log with Chestnut and Clementine

Easy recipe for an ice cream yule log cake. Make it as simple as you need to: from a plain ready-made ice cream log to one filled with candied chestnuts and orange and topped with toasted clementine meringue for a snowy log effect.

Prep Time
30 mins
Additional Time
2 hrs
Total Time
2 hrs 30 mins
Servings: 12 people
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: French

Ingredients

  • 1 litre (1 quantity) chestnut ice cream See RECIPE BELOW
  • 1 litre (1 quantity) vanilla ice cream See RECIPE BELOW
  • ¼ quantity orange curd Optional (Recipe in notes below) or marmelade
  • 4 candied chestnuts broken
  • 1 candied clementine chopped into slices/little cubes, or 6 orange peel sticks
Clementine Meringue Topping (optional)
  • 60 g (from 2 eggs) egg pasteurised and organic, white, fresh
  • 90 g (3.5oz/ ½ cup) sugar
  • 1 clementine zest finely grated, organic

Instructions

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  1. Follow the instructions to make the chestnut ice cream below.Place the tin on a baking tray (to make it easy to transport to the freezer). Once the ice cream is churned, spoon immediately into the tin. Half way up, add a few finely chopped candied orange peel and/or candied chestnuts - or mix these with marmalade or orange curd (recipe in notes below) then top with more ice cream.
  2. Freeze for at least 2 hours then unmould from the tin, decorate and serve immediately.
Clementine Meringue (optional)
  1. If topping with meringue, whisk up 2 fresh egg whites with the sugar in an electric mixer until firm. Add the finely grated orange/clementine zest.Unmould the ice cream and place on a baking sheet. Spoon over the meringue and toast with a blowtorch then place back in the freezer until ready to serve.

Notes

  • Filling Ingredients: although optional, fill with a mixture of orange curd with/or candied chestnuts and orange peel.