Splice Block Dome
An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott/Not Quite Nigella
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Freezing time: 2-3 hours
This is best done the day ahead as it requires freezing time
- Lime cordial mixed with water to make a sweet drink
- Natural green food colouring (if you are using a non coloured lime cordial)
- Up to 3 cups Pineapple juice
- 300ml/10.6fl ozs. Cream
- 1/4 cup icing sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- You will also need three nesting bowls (bowls that sit within each other, they don't have to be matching)
Step 1 - Take the largest of the three nesting bowls. Mix the lime cordial with the food colouring and pour 3/4 of an inch of the lime drink in the bottom. Place in the freezer to set hard.
Step 2 - Place the middle bowl on top of this and then pour lime drink to fill the sides. Use sticky tape to secure the bowl so that it doesn't float. Freeze until completely hard.
Step 3 - Remove the middle bowl and pour 3/4 of an inch of pineapple juice into the frozen lime layer. Freeze completely.
Step 4 - Place the smallest bowl on this and then fill the sides with pineapple juice. Use sticky tape to secure the bowl and hold it down. Freeze completely.
Step 5 - Meanwhile, whip 300ml of cream with 1/4 cup of sifted icing sugar and vanilla. Make sure that there is enough to fit into the smallest bowl (your bowls may be different from mine so their capacity might be smaller or larger). Remove the small bowl from the ice and fill with the whipped cream. Freeze completely.
Step 6 - To unmold, run the large bowl briefly under hot water and place a large serving plate on the open side and allow it to slide out. Cut into wedges.