Shape favorite flavors of ice cream into a whimsical sculpture for any special event. Your only limitations are your creativity and imagination. However, work quickly and use the help of a freezer before the malleable ice cream soon becomes a melted mess.
Instructions
1. Create a picture or drawing of a subject to use as a template for the ice cream sculpture. Calculate the size of the sculpture based on each quart of ice cream serving 3 to 4 people.
2. Set up a kitchen work station with a container of boiled water, an ice cream scoop, a chef's knife, a chilled tray and different flavors of hard ice cream according to the colors of the desired sculpture.
3. Dip the ice cream scoop into the boiled water and quickly remove. Use the scoop to shave out the first flavor of ice cream needed onto the chilled tray. Continue to scoop ice cream onto the tray until there is enough to mold.
4. Cut and mold the ice cream into shapes using the chef's knife. Dip the scoop or chef's knife into the boiled water when switching between different ice cream flavors.
5. Place the tray with the shaped ice cream back into the freezer approximately every 5 minutes, in increments of 7 minutes, to help the ice cream retain its form. Remove tray from the freezer. Repeat the process of scooping and molding the ice cream.
6. Embellish the dimensions and texture of the sculpture with candies, cookies, fruit, nuts, cake decorations or any edibles. Select items that compliment the sculpture and ice cream flavors. Replace back into the freezer until ready to serve.
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