ARCTIC ROLL

Ingredients
- 750ml/1pint 7fl oz good quality vanilla ice cream
- softened
- 4 free-range eggs
- 110g/4oz caster sugar
- plus extra to dust
- 110g/4oz self-raising flour
- 150g/5oz caster sugar
- ½ lemon
- zest and juice
- 350g/13oz strawberries
- quartered
Directions
- For the sponge
- beat the ice cream until softened then spoon into a 5cmx30cm/2inx12in long clean plastic or metal pipe. Place into the freezer and freeze for 3-4 hours
- or until solid. Alternatively
- soften slightly and place onto a sheet of baking parchment
- then roll up and mould into a sausage 5cmx30cm/2inx12in long and freeze until solid.
- Preheat the oven to 190C/170C Fan/Gas 5 and line a 23cmx33cm/9inx13in Swiss roll tin with baking parchment.
- Place the eggs and sugar into a bowl and whisk until very light
- fluffy and thickened.
- Sift the flour over the mixture and fold in carefully.
- Pour into the lined tin and smooth with a spatula until evenly spread out.
- Bake the sponge for 10-12 minutes
- or until just firm to the touch.
- Place a sheet of baking parchment that is slightly bigger than the tray onto the work surface and dust with some caster sugar.
- Turn the sponge out onto the parchment paper
- then peel off the parchment on the bottom of the sponge. Set aside to cool slightly.
- For the strawberry jam
- heat a frying pan until hot
- then add the sugar
- lemon zest and juice and cook for 3-4 minutes until the sugar has dissolved and slightly thickened.
- Meanwhile place the strawberries into a food processor and pulse until very roughly chopped.
- Add to the pan
- mix well and cook the jam for a further 3-5 minutes until thick. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool.
- To assemble the roll
- spread the strawberry jam over the cooled sponge
- leaving a 2cm/1in gap around the edge.
- If the pipe used to set the ice cream is metal
- run a blow torch over the pipe to release the ice cream or if plastic
- dip in hot water to release the ice cream from the pipe.
- Place the ice cream cylinder along the long side of the sponge
- then using the parchment paper underneath
- roll up the sponge so the ice cream is encased in sponge.
- Roll the sponge off the parchment and cut into slices to serve.

