Orange Baked Alaskas - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pt. vanilla ice cream or 1 pt. orange, lemon or lime sherbet
3 large oranges
3 egg whites
1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
1/4 c. plus 2 Tbsp. sugar

Preparation

Scoop ice cream into 6 balls; freeze until very firm, at least 5 hours.
Cut oranges crosswise in half; cut thin slice from bottom of each half.
Cut around edges and membranes; remove fruit and membranes from orange shells.
Line bottom of each shell with fruit.
Refrigerate.