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Ingredients

2 cups berry sorbet, softened

1¼ cups frozen pitted cherries (160g)

3 cups vanilla ice-cream, softened

2 cups chocolate ice-cream, softened

52g bar Cherry Ripe, finely chopped

50g white cooking chocolate, melted

Method

Grease a metal pudding steamer (8-cup capacity). Line crossways with two long, narrow strips of baking paper, extending 5cm above pan edge.

2. Spoon sorbet into prepared steamer. Smooth over top. Place in the freezer.

3. Working quickly, cut frozen cherries in half. Place vanilla ice-cream in a large bowl. Stir in the frozen cherries. Spoon into steamer over sorbet. Smooth over the top. Return steamer to freezer.

4.Place chocolate ice-cream in a large bowl. Stir in Cherry Ripe. Spoon into steamer over vanilla ice-cream. Smooth over the top. Cover with plastic wrap. Freeze for 6 hours, or overnight, until firm.

5. To decorate, spoon chocolate into a small snap-lock bag. Squeeze into one corner. Twist bag. Invert bombe onto a serving plate. Remove lining paper. Snip tip from corner of plastic bag. Drizzle white chocolate over bombe. Serve immediately.

Vanessa Clarke

Vanessa Clarke is marketing and promotions manager for New Idea and that's life!