An Ice Bowl is a thing of love and beauty. It is a striking centre piece to a family meal or for a celebratory occasion. Ice Bowls are surprisingly easy to make; just time consuming. Growing up my one Aunt used to make them for all us children as a birthday present. It was filled with ice-cream and the fun part was the toys frozen into the Ice Bowls. The boys had the funnest toys. Once you gobbled up the ice-cream you got to melt the Ice Bowl and free the toys. At the moment my Ice Bowls are filled with beautiful herbal flowers. Our summer has been one long heat wave. Frozen treats and long cold swims are the way to cope with the heat.
ICE-BOWL:
*You need two identically shaped bowls (preferably not glass) of two different sizes.
*You also need to pick your herbal flowers in stages over two to three days, as you are layering.
Remember this is creativity and not perfection. The iced walls won't be perfectly even and the flowers may drift.
To get started fill water about an inch deep in your large bowl and arrange your flowers. This week I used pretty purple wild garlic flowers and vibrant yellow Jerusalem artichoke flowers with sprigs of flowering lemon verbena. I like a really thick base so that it doesn't melt or break too soon. Make sure it is stable and straight in the freezer. Then leave overnight to freeze.
On day two, with another batch of herbal flowers pop your smaller bowl into the large bowl. You'll need to put some kind of weight in the small bowl to keep it sitting on the frozen base. As you can see I use packets of lentils! To prevent everything floating to the top freeze your Ice Bowl in three layers (including the base is four) Pour in a little water and carefully arrange your flowers.
Then carefully balance the bowls in the freezer. You will probably need to prop something in between the bowls to keep them equidistant. I use frozen bananas. Each layer needs at least 8 hours to freeze. Repeat the process adding a little water and arranging the flowers.
Once your Ice Bowl is ready you can leave it out for a few minutes so that the bowls will pop off easily. Then return the Ice Bowl to the freezer to await the Sorbet! Like the Ice Bowl Sorbet is easy to make but time consuming. I begin preparations at the same time I begin the Ice Bowl. Preparations being; peeling, cutting and freezing 1kg of fruit.
SORBET:
1kg Mixed fruit (Mango, peaches and berries is amazing!)
1 cup water infused with herbs (I infused lemon verbena)
1/2 cup Maple Syrup or coconut blossom
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
Prepare and freeze the fruit. Chill the infused water once you have dissolved the maple syrup. Pop into a food processor and blend until smooth. Then add the salt and lemon juice and blend further. Taste. I add extra lemon for that additional zing. Pour into your Ice Bowl and freeze. Four hours should be sufficient but I prefer leaving it overnight.
There is always a reason to celebrate. And I love to spoil my family with a beautiful treat. Beautiful to behold and beautiful to eat. Here's to life and the beauty of loving! Bon Appetito!
Another exquisite Ice Bowl. Not to mention with delicious filling. You are really becoming an expert in making them. I will have to try make one during the summer 🌸💖🌸
Thank you Lena. I had to share the actual making of the Ice bowl as so many asked when I last only shared the sorbet. They really are a show stopper
I love this. I can't wait for summer to do this. It's a real show stopper.
While I was writing this I remembered you liked my original Sorbet post. It certainly is a show stopper.
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That's sooo prettieeee.... 😊🌿🌼🍃
Oh I think so too!
Amazingly creative, beautiful and yummy looking! Bookmarked to make this at home one day :^)
Thank you for your sweet comment. I hope you do get to try it
A sweet comment for a 'sweet' post ;^)
I hope so too!
This is just absolutely brilliant and gorgeous for parties! I've never been creative like that with ice before, oh my word Lory is going to go bananas when I show her this. We're totally going to try this. This has perked me up, I'm actually excited to start one of these tomorrow. Thanks Buckaroo, you rock 🤗
Do it! My kids helped and they were as excited about the ice bowl as the sorbet. They are both really easy to make if you can wait for the long time in between each step
Lol that's going to be the challenge. I probably have THE most impatient kid - in the history of impatience - and kids even. (I wonder where she might get that from).
I decided I'm going to do this once I've got some edible flowers to put into our ice bowl for Lory because knowing her - she WILL assume that whatever is in there is food.
Thank you for the post and instructions, I'll let you know how it goes :)
Oh, you already know how much I love these bowls!!! Lovely!
Thank you. Now it's your turn! I think you would make a stunning herbal ice bowl
Oh, I am not sure at all, haha! But I really LOVE looking at yours!
Maybe I will give it a try, but I need summer temperature to get inspired :)
I have always wanted to make one of these!! I always think about it when it's too late. Now I really must try!
Oh please do and let me know!
It will be a while. Don't hold your breath 🤣
This is so incredibly stunning. I just don't have room in my small freezer for such a thing - maybe I'll try MINI ice bowls next summer. Perfection.
Do a mini one - but don't tell anybody or you will never get to eat it as it will mysteriously vanish! These ice bowls are always a hit. So is the sorbet.