The dish is made of ice cream placed in a pie dish lined with slices of sponge cake or Christmas pudding and topped with meringue. The entire dessert is then placed in an extremely hot oven for a brief time, long enough to firm and caramelize the meringue.[1] The meringue is an effective thermal insulator, and the short cooking time prevents the heat from getting through to the ice cream and melting it.
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