Knickerbocker Glory
When you love ice cream, as I do, you get to know all sorts of variations on a theme and here's one that no-one can fail to ignore: THE KNICKERBOCKER GLORY! There's no set recipe for a Knickerbocker Glory as far as we know. Essentially it's a British 'ice cream parlour' dessert, first made popular in the 1930s.
Served in a tall ice cream glass, it's a mixture of fresh fruit in the base with optional liquer for adults, 3 scoops of ice cream (usually vanilla and strawberry), peach melba sauce, whipped cream or squirter cream and a cherry (glace or fresh) on top.
Variations can include jelly in the layers, different fruits, a different sauce or extra toppings such as flaked almonds; a wafer is also optional.
In Britain you can still enjoy a Knickerbocker Glory in many ice cream parlours and restaurants - or of course you can even make your own at home.
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Photograph: "Shelagh's Knickerbocker Glory"
Ingredients to make this Knickerbocker Glory:
Fresh strawberry slices, black grapes, melon pieces in the base
2 scoops of vanilla ice cream and 1 scoop of strawberry ice cream
strawberry sauce poured over
squirter cream on top
fan wafer
a glace cherry to crown it off
Shelagh Caudle - Editor ice-cream-recipes.com
The 1930s saw a significant rise in the popularity of ice cream and development of flavors - see also Ice Cream Comedy where I have a special article on Laurel and Hardy in a 1931 sketch featuring ice cream.
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