Recipe of the Month

Ingredients

1. 1oz melted butter
2. 2oz sugar
3. 2oz flour
4. 2 eggs
5. 4oz raspberry jam
6. 4 scoops vanilla ice-cream
7. 4 eggs whites
8. 1/2 lb castor sugar
9. pinch salt or lemon juice

Method

1. 1. Whisk eggs and sugar over hot water to ribbon stage.
2. 2. Continue beating until cold before folding through the flour and finally the melted butter.
3. 3. Bake immediately in a moderate oven for 25 minutes, spread onto an 8in square tin.
4. 4. When the sponge is cool, spread the jam on the top and cut the sponge into 4 inch squares.
5. 5. Whisk the egg whites, 1/2 lb castor sugar and a pinch of salt or lemon juice until it forms peaks (meringue).
6. 6. Put a scoop of ice-cream onto each square and pipe the meringue so no ice-cream is showing.
7. 7. Put Alaskas onto a baking tray and straight into a hot oven (230°C/450°F Gas Mark 8).
8. 8. Bake for 3-5 minutes. Serve at once.

Cooking Time: 28-30 mins, Preparation Time: 20-25 mins

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