Sufra Dayma:

Ice-Cream with Chocolate Sauce

By Moushira Abdel-Malek

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Serves 4

Ingredients:

1 cup whipped cream (créme chantilly)

2 1/2 cups whole milk

Vanilla ice-cream

Chocolate ice-cream

Roasted slivered almonds (to serve)

Chocolate Sauce

1 cup sugar

1 cup dark unsweetened cocoa powder (plus extra for dusting)

1 tbsp instant coffee

Method:

To make the chocolate sauce; put the sugar and 1 1/2 cups water in a saucepan. Stir, bring to the boil, then remove from heat and stir in the cocoa and coffee. Allow to cool. Put the milk and chocolate sauce in a bowl and mix until well blended. Divide between 4 tall glasses. Add one scoop each of vanilla and chocolate ice-cream. Top each with a dollop of whipped cream and dust with cocoa. Sprinkle with the almonds. Serve with long spoons and straws.