Hi Guys

Well it's a good morning as it's "Father's Day" in South Africa and everyone will be celebrating in one form or the other! Maybe you would like to make some homemade ice-cream and chocolate sauce as a treat for your loved one, so here are the recipes!

Basic Ice Cream Recipe (I double up the quantity)

4 egg yolks
2 eggs
200 gr castor sugar

Place the above ingredients in an electric mixer and beat well, till light in colour and fluffed up, then you add in 500 ml whipped cream.

To make the various options of the flavours you do the following:

Vanilla - add in the seeds from 2 vanilla pods scraped out generously

Ginger - add in 1/4 cup ginger paste (the preserved one Illovo in syrup or homemade or some type of preserved ginger, NOT fresh ginger in the tubs! Must be sweetened with sugar)

Strawberry or Berry - Buy the frozen fruit if you live in Mauritius and fresh not available or puree fresh berries of your choice

Chocolate Chip - add in a cup of choc chips

1/2 can frozen orange Juice concentrate

Place Ice-cream in a nice dish that you would serve it in and freeze!

Chocolate Sauce:

1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 cup cream (cooking cream in Mauritius)
4 Dessertspoons Cocoa
4 teaspoons golden syrup

Dissolve all together and boil gently for 2 minutes

Remove from heat and add in 50 grams butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Leave till ready to use! Delicious