Frozen Ice Cream Cheesecake With Warm Marsala Sauce Food

ICE CREAM CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 450°F.
• Prepare a 10-inch springform pan.
• Crush pretzels before measuring them, then press into the bottom of a springform pan.
• Bake for 8 minutes.
• Remove from oven, and cool completely.
• For the cheesecake: combine 1 cup sugar with the cream cheese, and beat until smooth; add in the cottage cheese, sour cream and limeade (use half for a less tart taste); beat well until thoroughly combined.
• Soften the ice cream, and fold the cheesecake mixture into the ice cream.
• Spread mixture over the pretzel crust in the pan.
• Cover with plastic, and freeze a minimum of 6 hours or until thoroughly frozen.

MARSALA SAUCE

Steps:

• Add olive oil to hot saucepan.
• Add onions, garlic and cook 2 or 3 minutes.
• Add mushrooms and sauté until tender.
• Add flour and cook 1 minute, then deglaze pan with wine.
• Add beef stock, blend, and cook until sauce thickens.
• Serve over chicken or pork.

CARRABBA'S MARSALA SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt 1 tablespoon of the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the mushroom and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned, about 5 minutes. Add the prosciutto and onion and cook, stirring often, until the onion softens, about 2 minutes more. Sprinkle with flour and stir well. Stir in the marsala and broth and bring to a boil. Cook, stirring often, until reduced to about 1 cup, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat to cool slightly, then pour over desired dishes or into a bowl.
• Sauce can be kept at room temperature for up to two hours.

FROZEN ITALIAN ZABAGLIONE TART WITH MARSALA-LEMON SAUCE

Steps:

• For crust:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Finely grind amaretti cookies in processor (makes about 1 1/2 cups crumbs). With processor running, gradually add melted butter and process until crumbs begin to stick together. Press crust mixture onto bottom and up sides of 9-inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom. Bake crust until pale golden, about 6 minutes. Cool. Gently press up bottom of pan just to loosen crust from sides (do not remove from pan). Place crust in freezer.
• For filling:
• Soak currants in 1/2 cup Marsala in small bowl for 1 hour.
• Whisk remaining 1 cup Marsala, sugar and yolks in large metal bowl. Set bowl over saucepan of rapidly simmering water and whisk until candy thermometer inserted into mixture registers 170°F, about 4 minutes. Remove bowl from over water. Whisk in corn syrup, vanilla and nutmeg. Refrigerate zabaglione until cool, whisking occasionally, about 20 minutes.
• Beat cream in bowl to stiff peaks. Add zabaglione and beat just until smooth. Drain currants and fold into zabaglione (reserve Marsala for another use). Place in freezer until slightly stiffened but not frozen, about 1 hour.
• Spoon zabaglione cream into crust, mounding in center. Freeze until almost firm, about 2 hours. Cover and freeze until firm, at least 6 hours or overnight.
• For sauce:
• Stir Marsala and sugar in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat and boil until syrup is reduced to generous 2/3 cup, about 17 minutes. Add lemon peel and nutmeg and boil 1 minute. Cool slightly. (Can be prepared 8 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature. Rewarm over low heat before serving.)
• Remove tart from pan. Transfer tart to platter. Arrange strawberries around top edge of tart. Cut into wedges. Serve, passing warm sauce separately.

FROZEN CHEESECAKE WITH BAILEYS & CHOCOLATE

Steps:

• Gently melt the butter in a pan or microwave. Put all the biscuits in a food processor and pulse until crumbled, but not too fine (or double-bag and bash with a rolling pan). Stir butter into the crumbs.
• Take the base out of a 20cm loosebottomed or spring-form tin and line with a large sheet of cling film to come up the sides, before you put the base back in. Line the base with a circle of baking parchment. Tip in the crumb mixture and press down firmly and evenly on the base and up the sides. Freeze to set while you make the filling.
• Beat the soft cheese with an electric whisk in a large bowl until nice and soft, then add the cream and sugar and beat until smooth and creamy. Put the ice cream into your largest bowl and fold in the soft cheese mixture, bit-by-bit, with the Baileys and coffee until smooth. Tip into the prepared tin, cover with more cling film and place into the freezer. Freeze for 3 hrs, or up to a month.
• Bring the cheesecake out of the freezer 20 mins before serving. Lift out of the tin, using the cling film to help you, and top with grated chocolate to serve.