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.
1litre (1 quantity)chestnut and vanilla ice creamSee RECIPE BELOW
¼quantityorange curdOptional (Recipe in notes below) or marmelade
4candied chestnutsbroken
1candied clementine (or 6 orange peel sticks)chopped into slices/little cubes
Clementine Meringue Topping (optional)
60g (from 2 eggs)fresh egg whitespasteurised and organic
90g (3.5oz/ ½ cup)sugar
1organic clementine zestfinely grated
Instructions
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.
Freeze for at least 2 hours then unmould from the tin, decorate and serve immediately.
Clementine Meringue (optional)
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.
Keyword bûche de Noël glacée, French iced yule log, ice cream log, ice cream yule log