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Melon Ice Cream (with Cherry Liqueur)

Ingredients

1 pclarge melon
120 gsugar
4 pcegg yolks
5 tbsp75 mlcherry liqueur
2 tbsp30 mllemon juice
400 mlcream
150 gchocolate
6-8 pcraspberries

Instructions

  1. For the "Melon ice cream" recipe, cut a lid off the melon and carefully scoop out the flesh.
  2. Clean it of seeds and put it in a pan.
  3. Add the sugar and simmer over low heat until the sugar is completely absorbed by the melon.
  4. Mash with a fork.
  5. Beat the egg yolks and add them to the melon.
  6. Put the mixture for the "Melon ice cream" recipe over low heat to thicken, whisking constantly until you get a smooth mixture resembling a fine cream.
  7. Pour it into a bowl and place in the freezer.
  8. Take it out and pour in the liqueur and lemon juice, whisk thoroughly and combine with the cream.
  9. Return to the freezer for 2-3 hours in a lidded container.
  10. From time to time, stir the ice cream so lumps don't form.
  11. Serve the melon ice cream mounded in the melon, optionally garnished with grated chocolate and raspberries.

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