Warm Cookie with Ginger Ice Cream and White Chocolate Sauce

This brilliant dessert from Derek Johnstone is packed with amazing flavours. A Johnstone family favourite, it can be customised to your own personal taste. It is served with a smooth silky ice cream and a creamy white chocolate sauce! Great to make with kids!

Ingredients

For the cookie:
  • 150g unsalted butter
  • 45g soft brown sugar
  • 85g caster sugar
  • 1 egg yolks
  • 150g self-raising flour
  • 150g dried cranberries
  • 50g chopped pistachio
  • Zest of 2 clementines
For the stem ginger ice cream:
  • 300ml full fat milk
  • 200ml double cream
  • 100g caster sugar
  • 5 egg yolks
  • 20g stem ginger
For the white chocolate sauce:
  • 175ml White chocolate
  • 115g Full Fat Milk
  • 50 ml Double Cream
  • 25g Caster Sugar
  • 25g Butter

Method

To make the cookie: preheat the oven to 170ºC.

Cream the butter and both sugars together then add the yolks and continue mixing until light and creamy. Add the clementine zest, the cranberries and pistachios. Lay some cling film on the work surface, place the mixture on top and roll into a cylinder, wrapping it in the cling film and refrigerate.

Remove the cookie from the fridge, cut three slices from the roll and place in a small pan. Put the pan in the oven for 7 minutes.

To make the ice cream: place the milk, cream and stem ginger into a pan and bring up to 85ºC. Put the egg yolks and sugar into a bowl and pour over the milk mixture. Return the whole mixture to the pan and cook until it reaches 83ºC.

Pass through a sieve, cool and churn in an ice cream maker for about 30 minutes.

To make the white chocolate sauce: bring the milk and cream to the boil in a pan over a medium heat, then add the sugar. Stir, then add the chocolate and butter and stir until smooth.

To serve: place a ball of ice cream on top of the cookies and pour over the white chocolate sauce.

Ingredients

For the cookie:
  • 150g unsalted butter
  • 45g soft brown sugar
  • 85g caster sugar
  • 1 egg yolks
  • 150g self-raising flour
  • 150g dried cranberries
  • 50g chopped pistachio
  • Zest of 2 clementines
For the stem ginger ice cream:
  • 300ml full fat milk
  • 200ml double cream
  • 100g caster sugar
  • 5 egg yolks
  • 20g stem ginger
For the white chocolate sauce:
  • 175ml White chocolate
  • 115g Full Fat Milk
  • 50 ml Double Cream
  • 25g Caster Sugar
  • 25g Butter

Method

To make the cookie: preheat the oven to 170ºC.

Cream the butter and both sugars together then add the yolks and continue mixing until light and creamy. Add the clementine zest, the cranberries and pistachios. Lay some cling film on the work surface, place the mixture on top and roll into a cylinder, wrapping it in the cling film and refrigerate.

Remove the cookie from the fridge, cut three slices from the roll and place in a small pan. Put the pan in the oven for 7 minutes.

To make the ice cream: place the milk, cream and stem ginger into a pan and bring up to 85ºC. Put the egg yolks and sugar into a bowl and pour over the milk mixture. Return the whole mixture to the pan and cook until it reaches 83ºC.

Pass through a sieve, cool and churn in an ice cream maker for about 30 minutes.

To make the white chocolate sauce: bring the milk and cream to the boil in a pan over a medium heat, then add the sugar. Stir, then add the chocolate and butter and stir until smooth.

To serve: place a ball of ice cream on top of the cookies and pour over the white chocolate sauce.