Thistle Cake and Serra da Estrela Cheese Ice Cream

Recipe by Paulo Cardoso, Chef de Cuisine Parador, at  Casa da Ínsua

Let us start with the Thistle Cake

Ingredients:
Oil  – 0,7lt
Thistle (leaves) – 0,1kg
Egg Yolks  – 10 units
Sugar – 0,8kg
Branca de Neve flour – 0,7kg
Baking Powder – 0,01kg
Egg Whites – 10 units

Preparation:
We grind the thistle with the oil.

Put it in a mixer and add the sugar plus the yolks and beat in a mixer until it triples in volume.

Then we add little by little the flour, mixed with the baking powder.

Finally, add the egg whites, folding in very carefully.

Pour onto a tray lined with parchment paper and greased.

Bake in the oven for 25 to 30 minutes at a temperature of 160/170ºC.

And now the Serra da Estrela Cheese Ice Cream Casa da Ínsua

Ingredients:
Egg Yolk – 3 uniis
Sugar – 0,15 kg
Milk– 0,2 Lt
Cream – 0,2 Lt
Serra da Estrela Cheese – 0,12 Kg

Preparation:
Put it in a pan on the fire:

Sugar, milk and yolks.

We stir for 10 minutes (always at low fire).

Then we add the cream.

We stir another 2 minutes.

Finally, we add the Serra da Estrela cheese, and stir for another 4 minutes.

Freeze the mixture.