Tropical Sundaes Recipes

Steps:

• Place 2 scoops of ice cream in a dessert bowl. Top with some toasted coconut, nuts, whipped cream, a drizzle of caramel sauce and some extra coconut.

Steps:

• For sauce: Combine first 6 ingredients in heavy medium saucepan. Stir over medium heat until sugars dissolve. Boil gently until reduced to 1 cup, stirring frequently, about 15 minutes. Cool to lukewarm. Discard ginger pieces and add minced ginger. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and store at room temperature. Reheat to lukewarm, whisking occasionally, before serving.)
• For sundaes: Scoop ice cream into balloon glasses or sundae dishes. Spoon lukewarm sauce over. Top with fruit. Sprinkle with coconut and serve.

Steps:

• Bring brown sugar, lemon juice, water, and ginger to a boil in a 1-quart heavy saucepan, stirring until sugar is dissolved, then remove from heat and let steep, uncovered, 15 minutes. Pour syrup through a sieve into a bowl and cool to room temperature, about 15 minutes.
• Prepare grill for cooking over medium-hot charcoal (moderate heat for gas). (If using a charcoal grill, open vents on bottom of grill, then light charcoal. When Charcoal turns grayish white (about 15 minutes from lighting), hold your hand 5 inches above grill rack to determine heat for charcoal as follows: Hot: When you can hold your hand there for 1 to 2 seconds; Medium-hot: 3 to 4 seconds; Low: 5 to 6 seconds. If using a gas grill, preheat burners on high, covered, 10 minutes, then, if necessary, reduce to heat specified in recipe.)
• While grill heats, cut core from pineapple and discard. Cut each piece of pineapple lengthwise into 8 wedges, then halve each wedge diagonally (use caution; peeled pineapple is slippery).
• Grill pound cake, covered only if using a gas grill, on lightly oiled grill rack, turning over once with a metal spatula, until grill marks appear, about 1 1/2 minutes total.
• Divide coconut pound cake among 8 shallow bowls, then top each slice with a generous scoop of ice cream and some pineapple and mango. Drizzle each serving with 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon ginger syrup.

Steps:

• In 10-inch skillet, mix ice cream topping and rum. Cook over medium heat 2 to 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until topping is melted and mixture is smooth.
• Cut each pineapple slice into 6 wedges. Peel bananas; cut diagonally into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Gently stir pineapple and bananas into topping mixture. Cook over medium heat about 2 minutes, stirring gently, until fruit is thoroughly heated.
• Into each dessert dish, spoon 1/2 cup ice cream. Top each with fruit mixture.

Steps:

• Combine first 5 ingredients in heavy medium heat until sugar dissolves. Boil gently until reduced to 1 cup, about 10 minutes. Cool to lukewarm. Mix in rum. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Reheat to lukewarm and whisk to blend before serving.)
• Scoop frozen yogurt into balloon-shaped glasses or sundae dishes. Spoon lukewarm sauce over. Top with fruit and serve immediately.

Steps:

• Combine sugar and 1/4 cup water in a medium-sized heavy-bottomed saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat until sugar is dissolved. Cover pan; bring to a boil. Leave cover on until condensation washes down insides of pan. If syrup crystallizes, let crystallize completely, and push around bottom of saucepan with the back of a wooden spoon until it melts again. Raise heat to medium high; cook, swirling pan occasionally, until the sugar turns medium-dark amber. Carefully add cream, standing back in case sugar boils over, and scrape in vanilla seeds. Stir until cream is incorporated, and remove from heat. Let cool; transfer to a glass jar, bottle, or bowl for storing and serving.
• Scoop sorbets and ice cream into serving dishes, drizzle with caramel, and spoon fruit over sauce; Serve, garnished with toasted pecans.

Steps:

• Place 1 scoop vanilla ice cream in each of 4 dessert bowls. Place bowls in freezer.
• Melt butter in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add bananas; sauté until just beginning to soften, about 3 minutes. Spoon bananas over ice cream. Top with chocolate sauce and coconut.