Ingredients

• 2 apples peeled, diced
• 2 oranges, segmented, peeled, deseeded
• 1 tbsp - corn flour
• 1 tbsp - butter
• 1/2 cup - sugar
• 1/2 cup - orange juice
• 1 tsp - lemon juice
• 1/2 liter vanilla ice-cream
• 1/2 cup - smooth fresh cream
• 2 tbsp - brandy (optional)
• 1 packet china grass

How to Make Apple Orange Icecream Flan

• To prepare flan tin:
• Take a 9" flan tin, and a 4 wide shallow cup or bowl with flat bottom.
• When ice-cream is semi set in flan tin, place bowl in centre, press a little to get embedded halfway at least.
• Chill again to set firmly.
• To make fruit filling:
• Put both apple and orange segments in a pan.
• Add sugar, butter, heat till sugar is dissolved.
• Add corn flour dissolved in orange juice, cook till thick.
• Stir in lemon juice, take off fire.
• Warm or prepare just before using.
• Keep aside.
• Dry crush china grass in a small mixie, till broken to tiny bits.
• Soak in 1 cup water, keep aside for 20 minutes.
• Heat, stirring continuously, till fully dissolved, and starts boiling. Simmer for minutes or till transparent.
• Cool a little.
• Beat ice-cream till smooth, add fresh cream, china grass mixture.
• Beat again till smooth or use an electric hand mixer.
• Pour in a flan tin. Transfer to freezer till firmly set, following procedure given a start of method.
• To proceed before serving:
• Unmould ice-cream base, place on a serving plate.
• Pour some hot water inside the bowl to loosen.
• Twist and carefully remove bowl.
• Now you have a round ice-cream base with a depression in centre.
• Pour warm fruit in depression.
• Sprinkle brandy and set alight to sizzle, if desired.
• Serve immediately, with the sizzling fruits.