Ingredients
Two-part Cassata recipe for the Ice-cream & cake
Part 1 – Ice-cream ingredients
- 60g Cashews
- Hot water
- 1tsp chia seeds + 1/4cup water (soaked for 5 hours)
- 400ml Almond Milk
- 2 tbsp Cornflour
- 3-4 tbsp Sweetener of choice
- 1tsp Ossoro’s Cassata flavour
Part II – Cake ingredients
- 65g Jaggery
- 120ml Hot Water
- 1tsp vinegar
- 1/2 tsp Ossoro 24 Carat Vanilla
- 40 ml oil
- 85 g Wholewheat flour
- 3/4 tsp Baking powder
- 1/4 tsp Baking soda
Instructions
Three-part Cassata Instructions for the Ice-cream, cake, and assembly
Part I – Ice-cream Instructions
- Soak cashews in hot water for 30 minutes and then strain and blend it with the soaked chia seeds till smooth.
- Then in a saucepan add all the ingredients whisk well first and then cook on medium heat while continuously stirring.
- Once it thickens add the Ossoro’s Cassata Flavour and mix and then let it cool down completely.
- Once cooled blend it again for smoother finish and then pour it in a silicone mould and add tutti futti and strawberry compote as layers in between.
- Then freeze it for few hours.
Part II – Cake Instructions
- Start by mixing jaggery powder and hot water till jaggery dissolves.
- Then add oil, vinegar & Ossoro’s 24 carat vanilla & whisk that in.
- Sift all the dry ingredients and make a smooth batter and don’t overmix at this stage.
- Transfer the batter to lined 6” tin and bake in preheated oven at 170 degrees with only lower rod on for 18-20 mins.
Part III – Assembling your Cassata
- Put the baked and cooled cake on the semi set icecream and set it overnight.
- Then demould carefully and pour some nutty glaze on top.
- (Nutty glaze: Melted dark chocolate and finely chopped cashews)
- Cut it using hot sharp knife and enjoy!
- Prep Time: 30m
- Chia & Cashew soak: 5h:30m
- Cook Time: 30m (10m stovetop ice-cream base + 20m cake bake)
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Stovetop ice-cream base → Freeze → Baking cake → Assembly
- Cuisine: Indian-Italian fusion