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Knickerbocker Glory Dessert

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Knickerbocker Glory - A Great Summer Treat

A knickerbocker glory ice cream was the greatest summer treat in the world when I was a child. Not only was it Big with a capital B, it was also expensive.

It was something that neither my mother, nor anybody else I knew, ever made at home.

When we were visiting the seaside and sitting in an ice cream parlour, I would look longingly at other people, particularly kids, eating knickerbocker glories. They were served in tall cone shaped glasses and had to be eaten with an especially long spoon that reached right to the bottom.

Now, ice cream isn't such an expensive luxury as it was when I was a kid so a knickerbocker glory is affordable and it's surprisingly easy and quick to make particularly as none of the ingredients need cooking.

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Make a Knickerbocker Glory

Recipe for a Great Summer Dessert

How to Make a Knickerbocker Glory

The ingredients are flexible - choose whatever you like best and vary quantities according to the number of Knickerbocker Glories you are making. Here are some suggestions.



Ingredients
2 different coloured ice creams, eg vanilla and strawberry
Ice cream syrups or sauces, perhaps 2 or 3 different flavours
Summer fruit, eg blueberries, strawberries, raspberries
Jello (jelly) dessert, make it according to instructions and then chop it up into small pieces
Whipped cream

Knickerbocker Glory
Picture above: Knickerbocker Glory
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Method
The Knickerbocker Glory is very simple to make. Just layer your ingredients in glasses except for the whipped cream. This usually is put on top although you can top it with ice cream instead.

Decorate with chopped nuts, or one of the berries, an ice cream wafer or whatever takes your fancy.

Neapolitan Ice Cream

Tip - You can use this in a Knickerbocker Glory

Instead of buying separate colours or flavours of ice cream, you could just buy one carton of Neapolitan ice cream.

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Dishes for a Knickerbocker Glory

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At 7ins, these glass dishes aren't as tall as the traditional British Knickerbocker Glory dish, they are tall enough to take layers of fruit, icecream and flavoured syrup. They are also the correct shape - very important in my opinion.

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