I say Greek-inspired… that’s a loose term. Slightly crazed is what I was, when I had the sudden and inexplicable urge for a scoop of vanilla’d goodness, and confusion as to how to make it have a bit more ‘oomf’. My mother had gifted me with some incredibly delicious fruit that would not last the weekend I planned to spend at the house with my family, and thus I needed to finish it prior to leaving the apartment. The solution? This yummy and delicious concoction that I’m, at least for the purposes of this blog entry, going to assume has some vague Greek roots to justify its title.
Greek-Inspired Ice Cream Snack
Ingredients:
- 2 medium-sized scoops of low-fat vanilla ice cream (or Greek yogurt, to make it more apt)
- 1/3 – 1/2 cup Tuscan melon balls
- 1/4 cup fresh raspberries
- 1.5 tablespoons toasted almond slivers
- 1 tablespoon clover honey (or the honey of your choice)
- large sprinkle of large-grain sea salt
Assemble in the order of the ingredients: ice cream or yogurt on bottom, then fruit, then almonds, honey, and salt. It’s this explosion of taste of tart and sweet that’s just delicious and unique. I really enjoyed the contrasting textures and degrees of sweetness, and the stickiness of the honey. You could switch out different fruits, or perhaps even switch the almonds for pistachios to get a more baklava-inspired dish… maybe add some crushed rose petals… very open to experimentation!
