Black-and-White Ice Cream Tart

Name: Black-and-White Ice Cream Tart
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 4 h 30 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 24 chocolate sandwich cookies (about 10 ounces); 1 tablespoon butter, melted; 2 pints vanilla ice cream, softened (see note, above)

This frosty dessert is infinitely adaptable: Trade the vanilla ice cream for chocolate, mint chip, or your favorite flavor.

Source: Everyday Food, March 2007

4 hours 30 mins 15 mins 8

Total Time Prep Servings

Ingredients

24 chocolate sandwich cookies (about 10 ounces)
1 tablespoon butter, melted
2 pints vanilla ice cream, softened (see note, above)

Directions

1. Coarsely chop 6 cookies; set aside.
2. Make crust: Process 10 cookies in a food processor until fine crumbs form. Add butter, and process until combined. Transfer to a 9-inch tart pan with a removable bottom. Using the bottom of a measuring cup or glass, press crust firmly into pan. Top with a circle of 8 cookies.
3. Dollop ice cream by the cup all over crust. Using a rubber spatula, gently spread. Sprinkle edge of ice cream with chopped cookies, forming a border. Freeze until firm, at least 4 hours, or cover with plastic wrap and freeze, up to 1 week.
4. To unmold, run a warm, damp cloth or sponge around outside edge of pan. Lift removable bottom with tart out of pan. Transfer to a serving plate, and cut into slices.

Cook's Notes

Let ice cream stand at room temperature 30 minutes, or microwave it in 10-second increments until spreadable.

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kitchenchild

24 AUG, 2011

This is the quickest, simplest, and chicest ice cream dessert in my summer deserts recipe file. I've made mint and chocolate, double-vanilla, and double-chocolate versions so far. All have been anticipated with mouths watering and compliments given afterwards. I bake pies and tarts and this is one of the most perfect recipes from "Everyday Food". This (2011) summer will be an orange-vanilla version with creamsicle Oreos and vanilla ice cream. Memorial Day 2012 will feature this version.
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guitar4me86398

17 MAY, 2011

Loved this recipe for minimal ingredients and fuss; delicious too. However I thought the whole cookies were too hard to crack with a fork after they were frozen. I'd make this again, omitting the whole cookies layer on the bottom.
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mslo_alexis

8 JUL, 2008

I made this dessert last night and it couldn't have been easier. I love the idea of adding an extra layer of cookies on top of the crust -- it helped to keep the ice cream from gathering bits of the crust when spreading it.
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