Apple Crumble Ice Cream

Apple crumble is one of my favourite desserts so I thought that apple crumble ice cream would be perfect for the summer. I adapted a vanilla gelato recipe that I found on the Chiappa Sisters' website to create apple crumble ice cream.

Ingredients:

500ml double cream
1 x 395g tin of condensed milk
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 bramley apple
2 tbsp cinnamon for the ice cream mixture
1 tsp cinnamon for the apple
3 tbsp of light brown sugar
A handful of biscuits such as Speculoos or Digestives

Dice the bramley apple.
Melt a knob of butter in a pan.
Toss the apple pieces in the butter with 1tsp cinnamon and 3tbsp of light brown sugar.
Leave the apple to soften which will take 5-10 minutes.
Once the apple is soft, leave to cool.
In the meantime, follow the instructions from the Chiappa sisters' ice cream recipe
Fold in 2 tbsp of cinnamon into the ice cream mixture and then fold in the apple.
Put the ice cream mixture in a tub.
Grab a handful of biscuits, I used Speculoos but Digestives would work well too. Bash the biscuits with a rolling pin and sprinkle on top of the ice cream for the crumble effect.
Put in the freezer for 5 hours and remove 15 minutes before serving so it will soften and become a creamy gelato consistency.

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