Once you’ve made the ice cream, try the floats and the sandwiches (details below)! 

Orange-Vanilla
Ice Cream

Finely grated zest of 1 orange
½ cup orange
juice
¼ cup fresh
lime juice
1 1/3 cups icing sugar
1 vanilla
bean or 1 ½ tsp vanilla
2 cups whipping
cream
3 tbsp orange-flavoured
liqueur

WHISK zest, citrus juices and icing sugar in bowl of stand mixer until sugar
dissolves. Slice bean in half. Use the dull side of a paring knife to scrape
the seeds out of the pod. Stir seeds into sugar mixture. Add cream. Beat on
medium until mixture forms soft peaks, 2 to 3 min. Add liqueur and beat until
combined. Scrape into a 9 x 5-in. loaf pan. Cover surface with a piece of wax or parchment paper.
Freeze 4 to 5 hours. Let soften 15 min before serving.

Serving
Tip For the creamiest results, the secret is to scrape (not scoop)
out each portion with an ice-cream paddle or large serving spoon.

Switch It Up!

Mouth-watering variations:

Orange-Chocolate: Substitute chocolate-flavoured liqueur
for orange liqueur. Stir another 3 tbsp chocolate liqueur with 100 g melted and
cooled chocolate. Swirl into cream mixture before freezing.

Turkish: Fold 1/3 cup chopped toasted
pistachios, 2 tsp rose water and ¼ tsp cinnamon into cream before
freezing.

Kid-Friendly:
Omit liqueur.

3 Ways to Serve:

Cones are just the
beginning

Triple-Chocolate ’wich

Brush
chewy chocolate cookies with chocolate-flavoured
liqueur. Press a scoop of
orange-chocolate ice cream (above) in between. Wrap in plastic and
freeze up to a week.

Rose-Scented Napoleon

Brush a sheet of phyllo pastry with melted butter, then
sprinkle with
a
little sugar. Cover with another phyllo sheet, lining up the edges. Brush with
butter and sprinkle with sugar. Repeat with 2 more sheets. Cut stack into 20
squares. Bake on a greased pan at 375F until golden, 8 min. Layer 3 crisps with
2 scoops Turkish ice cream (above). Garnish with honey and pistachios.

Orange-Vanilla Float

Put a scoop of kid-friendly ice cream (above) in a tall glass.
Top
with orange pop.

Courtesy Claire Tansey, Chatelaine