Fruit and Nut Ice Cream Pudding

Description

A summer dinner party dessert

3⁄4	Cup	almonds (toasted and chopped)
2	Cup	dried fruit
2	Litre	ice cream (low fat)
1 1⁄2	t	Mixed Spice
60	ml	apple juice or brandy
1	Cup	lightly roasted slithered almonds (to garnish)

Place fruit in a large mixing bowl, pour over apple juice (or brandy) over fruit and sit for a few hours.
Add almonds and mixed spice and fold together with softened ice-cream.
Line a 6-8 cup pudding basin with plastic wrap and spoon in mixture. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze overnight.
To serve, cut into cake size slices and garnish with a sprinkle of lightly roasted slithered almonds.