It begins with a cow. And then a chicken. Followed by some fruit, bees and sugar cane. Whoever thought to put all these ingredients together and freeze them was brilliant.
According to MakeIceCream.com, vanilla is the most popular flavor of ice cream at 29% followed by chocolate at 8.9%. Honey-peach wasn't in the top 15, but it was tasty.
Recipe: Honey-Peach Ice Cream
Makes: about 1 quart (4 cups)
Ingredients:
4 large ripe peaches (about 2 pounds), peeled and pitted
¼ cup honey
1 cup whole milk
1 cup heavy cream
3 large egg yolks
½ cup sugar
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
You can find the recipe for Honey-Peach Ice Cream in the book Baking: From My Home to Yours (affiliate link) by Dorie Greenspan. To see how the rest of the TWD group fared with this week's recipe, click here and then click on each blogger! Thanks to Tommi of Brown Interior who chose the recipe for this week and will post the recipe.
Tasting Notes This ice cream was popular at our house. Though I found it a little subtle, everyone else loved it. I think it would be nice with a touch more peach flavor.
In my polls, I've determined that most of you prefer ice cream over whipped cream on pie and cake. And this week, we're making a sour cream ice cream flavored with fruit for Tuesdays with Dorie. Unlike the ice creams I made earlier this year, this ice cream is dead easy to make since it doesn't require cooking a custard first.
To begin, you essentially make a jam. Purée it a little and then finish by gradually adding heavy cream and sour cream. {I'm going to have to try turning some of the jars of jam in my pantry into ice cream soon!} Pop it into your ice cream maker, and you're done.
Homemade ice cream gets harder than commercial ice cream in the freezer. David Lebovitz has some great tips about making homemade ice cream softer. As well, fellow TWD-er, Steph from a whisk and a spoon, has a great tip this week as well. {Ice cream is difficult to photograph so I was glad it didn't melt too fast!}
Fruity Options
I tried making this ice cream with saskatoons, since they have such a distinctive taste, and are currently at the local farmers' markets in Saskatchewan. Someone asked me what they taste like, but after asking several people, no one has a great way of describing them. "Sweet-tart” someone said. Another said "almondy”.
"Attempts to describe the taste will range anywhere from a combination of blueberry and raisin, to blueberry, cherry and almond." (Link)
A Neapolitan Twist To compare, I made this ice cream with blueberries (as called for in the recipe), saskatoons, and raspberries. Then, I gave it a "Neapolitan” twist by freezing all three kinds in half a watermelon.
Neapolitan ice cream, which dates back to the 19th century, typically refers to a block of ice cream that contains three different flavors, usually chocolate, vanilla and strawberry. It's named after the ice cream makers of Naples, Italy who were famous for creating layered ice cream cakes.
I don't think Homer from The Simpsons would like my fruity twist on Neapolitan ice cream…
Scene from The Simpsons [Homer grabs a box of Neapolitan ice cream] Mmmm, chocolate... [opens box to reveal that the chocolate section is empty and all the others untouched] D'oh! [throws the box away and grabs another] Mmmm, chocolate... [same result] D'OH! Marge, we need some more chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry ice cream!
A grown-up ice cream float
I was inspired by Zoë from Zoë Bakes to try this ice cream with champagne and turn it into a grown-up ice cream float. Just add a scoop to your favorite champagne, and you have a wonderful way to end a dinner party (or start one!).
You can find the recipe for Blueberry {Saskatoon/Raspberry} Sour Cream Ice Cream in the book Baking:
From My Home to Yours (affiliate link) by Dorie Greenspan. To see how the rest of the TWD group fared with this week's recipe, click here and then click on each blogger! Thanks to Dolores of Chronicles in Culinary Curiosity who chose the recipe for this week.
Tasting Notes All three ice creams were delicious, but everyone's favorite was the raspberry version. The blueberry came in second, and third was the saskatoon one. It was more tangy than the other two. If you like frozen yogurt, you'll love this ice cream because the tanginess of the sour cream is similar to frozen yogurt. Not too sweet, yummy, fruity, tangy, smooth, delicious. And easy!
Recipe for Next Week (August 19) Granola Grabbers on page 82.
Cigarettes aux Amandes & Krumkake Recipes - A Crunchy Ice Cream Treat
Cigarettes aux amandes are a wafer-thin, crisp, sweet biscuit often served as an accompaniment to ice cream or hot chocolate. They’re sometimes called tuiles (or tiles) because they look like authentic roof tiles found along the French countryside. To me, they look a lot like Pringles! However, this recipe calls for them to be formed into cigarettes, so I’ll try that too.
Krumkake—the Uff Da treat The recipe for tuiles reminded me of Krumkake (which means crumble cake or cookie, pronounced KROOM-kah-kah), a Norwegian favorite at Christmas time in our family. It’s a flat cookie that’s rolled around a cone-shaped pin or dowel, similar to a waffle cone or a pizzelle (the Italian waffle cookie). It, too, has an almond flavoring.
The batter is put into a Krumkake iron, which resembles a waffle iron. A traditional old world iron is placed over a hot burner on the stovetop, although now you can buy models that are electric. Typically, the iron stamps a pattern onto both sides of this thin golden-brown cookie, which has a crisp texture once it is cooled. Once cooked, you must quickly roll it using a cone roller before it becomes too brittle to roll. Krumkake is often served with whipped cream inside, but ice cream is delicious too.
A few years ago, my mom brought my grandmother’s heavy cast iron Krumkake iron on the plane for me to have. What an honor, and finally, I’ve used it. It’s been well-loved and has the patina of many Krumkake cookies layered on it. Although it’s not electric and doesn’t have a “color select dial” to let me choose from golden to brown, it worked just fine and I felt connected to times past and fond memories of eating this delicious cookie at Christmas. I also realized how easy it is to make and next time will not hesitate to pull it out of the back of the pantry.
Watch a pro make Krumkake Here is a videovideoof how the Krumkakes are cooked and rolled. These guys make it look easy! However, it's not everyone's favorite thing to make.
Shaping For both Cigarettes aux amandes and Krumkake, shaping them can be the trickiest part of the recipe. You must do it while the cookies are still very warm, or they will dry and become brittle and impossible to bend. You can use a pencil, a dowel, a skewer, a special cone shaped dowel, a bowl, a teacup, or a rolling pin. You can even buy a tuile sheet for shaping them into the traditional curved shape. If you're baking them in the oven, you can make your own template using acetate or stiff plastic (such as the top of a plastic container). You can also pipe patterns using a piping bag or paper cone. Use your imagination.
Ice cream Now that the crunchy bit of the dish is done, it’s time for the creamy ice cream. Ice cream is so simple to make. All you need is an ice cream maker. Thankfully, after all the years of Christmas gifts and appliances I’ve received, I seem to have all the ones I need.
Ice cream is just crème anglaise that’s frozen. That’s it, that’s all. For the Charlotte aux pommes recipe, I learned how to make crème anglaise. This time, I added a real vanilla bean to the vanilla ice cream base and some instant espresso powder to the coffee ice cream base. Threw it in the ice cream maker, and 2 hours later, I had homemade, rich, delicious ice cream
Watch a pro make Crème anglaise Here's a useful videovideoon making Crème anglaise.
Recipe: Cigarettes aux amandes (Tubular almond biscuits) with Crème glacée vanilla (Vanilla ice cream) and Glace au café (Coffee ice cream)
⅔ cup sugar 1 large egg 3 large egg whites 4 ounces sliced almonds ⅓ cup all-purpose flour, sifted 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 eggs, beaten ½ cup sugar ½ cup butter, melted ¼ teaspoon salt ½ cup flour 1 teaspoon almond flavoring
Whisk the eggs and the sugar. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Do not over-beat. Heat the iron. Drop about 1-2 tablespoons of batter on the iron. Follow the manufacturer’s directions. Roll on pin immediately.
Like Cigarettes aux amandes, these cookies should be served the same day they are made. That’s when they’re the most crispy. If you can’t serve them right away, store them in an airtight tin. Do not store with other cookies or they'll get soft. A friend of mine makes large batches of Krumkake at Christmas time for friends and family and delivers them in paper boxes tied with a ribbon. They keep well for weeks that way and they make a nice gift!
Recipe: Crème glacée vanilla (Vanilla ice cream)
Makes: 6 ¼-cup scoops
1 cup milk 1 cup heavy cream 4 egg yolks ½ cup sugar ½ teaspoon vanilla extract 1 vanilla bean, split open
Tasting Notes My kids were amazed that I was able to make vanilla ice cream, asking incredulously, “You made this??” And the coffee ice cream…let’s just say that I’ll never have to buy Coffee Häagen-Dazs® again! The problem was that the recipes only made 6 scoops of each kind! I’d definitely double these recipes next time!
I made both the Cigarettes aux amandes and the Krumkake. I found the Krumkake lighter, more crunchy, and tastier with the ice cream, but I’m part Norwegian! I even added some sliced almonds to the Krumkake batter and tried baking them the way the recipe for Cigarettes aux amandes describes. These turned out good too.
A delicious ice cream treat to enjoy any day of the year, even after the 13 feet of snow we’ve had to shovel this winter in Ottawa.
Quick Survey: What’s your favorite ice cream flavor and how much snow have you had to shovel this year?
It begins with a cow. And then a chicken. Followed by some fruit, bees and sugar cane. Whoever thought to put all these ingredients together and freeze them was brilliant.
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