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Isvaffel med guf (Danish) or Ice cream cone with the softest marshmallow topping (Guf)
This is a very unhealthy post, so don’t read on if you are
trying to reduce your waist measurement as part of your resolution for the New
Year!
Summer holidays equals lots of ice creams! Crispy ice cream
cones filled with one or two scoops of delicious, good quality ice cream - here
at home we try to buy or make the good stuff, which is not made of milk
powder, air and emulsifiers + worse … and now to the fun childish bit...”Guf”
on top! Now what is “Guf” you might ask? It is a sweet, some would say sickly
sweet topping made of whipped egg whites, sugar and berries, a sort of very
soft marshmallowy foam. The berries are only for the slightest bit of colour
and the weakest bit of taste and if the Guf is industry made it is highly
likely that it has never seen a berry, but is coloured with chemicals. We used raspberries.
So what is so appealing about Guf? Firstly we grew up
enjoying ice cream with Guf in Denmark during the brief Danish summers - it was part of summer life; secondly
it is the cloud of sweetness on top of the creamy coolness of ice cream that is
so enjoyable. And just on a note; Denmark, is mostly a very cool place, but
still the people there love their ice cream and are amongst the top ice cream
devours in Europe. Both bad and good ice cream. In recent years a lot of gourmet “real” ice
cream companies have popped up and are successfully
producing and selling good quality ice cream. Maybe I should open an ice creamery.. hmm?
I would become huge!
xo Sarah
Hansen Ice Cream
  Ice Cream Cones with Guf
Ingredients:
6 tablespoons of sugar
80 g of either raspberries or strawberries
2 pasteurised egg whites
(Tip on using raw egg:
If you cannot get pasteurised, put the eggs in a sieve and scold the egg
shells with boiling water before cracking and separating yolk and white. If
any, the bad bacteria sit on the outside of the shell - always be careful with raw egg).
1.
Put the sugar and berries in a small saucepan.
Heat up and simmer until the juice is flowing from the berries and the sugar is
melted. Push through a sieve and discard the pulp.
2.
In a clean dry bowl, whip your egg white until
they form soft peaks and you can turn the bowl upside down without them
spilling out! Add the berry syrup and continue whipping for 15 minutes until it
has a stiff shiny consistency.
3.
Add your favourite ice cream to the cones, top
with Guf and e.g. sprinkles, nuts, chopped chocolate, fresh berries or other.
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