Monday, May 17, 2010

Raspberry Summer Sensation (Frozen Dessert)

Update: August 21, 2013. I love when a recipe has a heart-warming story to go with it. Below is my original post. Of course, I love playing with recipes and making yummy things. We had our dear friends, the Bowmans over for dinner tonight before they move to BC. We've been friends for nine years and we'll miss them as they follow this amazing journry God has laid out before them.

I used this basic recipe but made one chocolate and one lemon. I'll post them below. 

This is from Kraft Cooking magazine (summer 2005).

2 cups (1/2 of 1-L container) raspberry sorbet or sherbet
1 cup cold skim milk
1 pkg (4-serving size) vanilla fat-free instant pudding
3 cups thawed Cool Whip light topping
1 cup raspberries
Line 9x5 inch loaf pan with foil. Spoon sorbet into pan; freeze 10 minutes.
Pour milk into large bowl. Add dry pudding mix. Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes or until well blended. Gently stir in whipped topping. Spread pudding mixture over sorbet in pan.
Freeze 3 hours or overnight. To unmould, invert pan onto plate; remove foil. Top with raspberries just before serving. Let stand 10 to 15 minutes to soften before cutting into 12 slices.

Notes:
I made this with mango sherbet and topped it with chopped mango.

I used real whipped cream (with sugar and vanilla) instead of Cool Whip.

I didn't go fat-free or light or anything. And it was good.

I think it would need more than 15 minutes to thaw and be soft enough to slice.
Endless possible variations on this one!

Chocolate:
Crushed Oreo cookies layered in loaf pan
Chocolate fudge thickly poured over them
1 box, 4 serving size, chocolate pudding mixed with
1 cup milk
3 cups Cool Whip ( I should have just used the full 1L of it)
Freeze as per instructions above

Lemon:
1 pkg lemon Jello mixed with
1 cup hot water until dissolved
Let chill until slightly thickened

Mix into 4 cups Cool Whip
Add zest of 3 lemons to get it really lemony
Dump the whole thing into a loaf pan
Top with graham crust

1 1/2 cups graham crumbs
1/3 cup sugar
6 Tbsp softened butter
Mix until crumbly, cover "top" of lemon dessert
Freeze as per instructions above 

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