For a delicious and special dessert that can be whipped up quickly to look like something you made yourself, try cheating with ice-cream. Simply add flavour and interest to ice-cream with praline. Alternatively you could add crushed biscuits or chopped up fruit for a different taste sensation.

Ingredients
1 tub of your favourite ice-cream, left in the fridge to reach a workable texture
150g blanched almonds
200g sugar

Method

To make the praline put some almonds into a dry pan and toast them until they're golden. Alternatively, toast the almonds in the oven at 180C for 10 minutes or until golden. Tip the sugar into another pan and melt over a medium heat taking care not to burn it. When it's a caramel colour and a toffee consistency, it's ready. Line a small tray with greaseproof paper. Spread the almonds around the tray and pour the toffee over them. Leave at room temperature to harden. When hard remove the praline from the tray by turning it upside down and banging on the base of the tray. Wrap the praline in some non-stick greaseproof paper and a tea towel and bang with a wooden spoon or other heavy utensil to break up the praline. Tip the softened ice-cream and praline into a bowl and mix together well. Tip the mixture into a small bowl that will fit into the freezer and put in the freezer to make the icecream a little firmer. When set, serve it with fresh berries and little wafers and remember to tell your friends that you whipped the dessert up yourself.