Knickerbocker Glories

Ingredients

• 1 package strawberry jelly
• 1 can fruit cocktail
• 1 can pitted cherries
• 2 teaspoons arrowroot
• 1 tablespoon caster sugar
• 300 ml double cream, whipped
• 600 ml vanilla ice cream
• 1 teaspoon grated fresh lemon rind
• 3 tablespoons toasted flaked almonds
• 4 maraschino cherries

Directions

1. 1

   Combine jelly with 300 ml boiling water.

2. 2

   Stir until dissolved.

3. 3

   Drain juice from the fruit cocktail.

4. 4

   Add it to the jelly.

5. 5

   Stir in fruit.

6. 6

   Pour into a shallow bowl.

7. 7

   Chill until softly set.

8. 8

   Drain juice from cherries.

9. 9

   Mix a little of the juice to a smooth paste with the arrowroot and sugar.

10. 10

    Stir in the rest.

11. 11

    Heat.

12. 12

    Stir until the sauce boils and thickens.

13. 13

    Stir in the cherries and rind.

14. 14

    Cool.

15. 15

    Stir jelly to break it up.

16. 16

    Spoon into the base of 4 glasses.

17. 17

    Top with a scoop or two of ice-cream.

18. 18

    Divide cherries and sauce between glasses and top with a scoop of ice-cream.

19. 19

    Pipe a little cream on top.

20. 20

    Scatter over the almonds.

21. 21

    Top with the cherries and serve with wafers!