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31 Dec 2008
Yes, you read that correct. Champagne sorbet. Elise over at www.elise.com has a great recipe for it.
Champagne Sorbet Recipe
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups sparkling wine or champagne
1 cup white granulated sugar
1 Tbsp light corn syrup
1 teaspoon of lemon and or grapefruit zest
1 1/2 cups fresh grapefruit juice
1/4 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice (Meyer if you have access to them)
Method
1 Put champagne, sugar, corn syrup, and zest into a saucepan. Bring to a vigorous boil so that the sugar completely dissolves, remove from heat.
2 Strain into a stainless steel bowl (will help cool down faster), add ... {Tags: champagne, sorbet} {More...}
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15 Dec 2008
Have you received any fruit cakes this year? If so, here's a great use for them (besides regifting!).
Fruit Cake Ice Cream Ingredients
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup cream
1 1/2 Tbs brandy
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup finely chopped fruit cake
2 1/2 Tbs finely chopped almonds
Fruit Cake Ice Cream Method
In a large bowl beat eggs and sugar together. In a saucepan bring milk and cream to simmering point. Pour onto the eggs in a slow steady stream beating constantly and continuing to beat until the mixture is very thick and light. Stir in the chopped almonds then fold in the fruit cake ... {Tags: fruit cake} {More...}
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11 Dec 2008
I recently sent my friend in Indiana an early Christmas present -- an ice cream maker! She wants to make strawberry ice cream in it tonight and was asking me for some pointers. Here's a great recipe from Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Book:
Fresh Strawberry Ice-Cream
sweet cream base
2 large eggs
3/4 cup sugar
2 cups heavy cream (or whipping cream)
1 cup milk
strawberries
1 pint strawberries, hulled and sliced
1/3 cup sugar
juice from 1/2 lemon
zest from 1 lemon (optional)
Combine strawberries, lemon juice/zest, and 1/3 cup sugar. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Once strawberries have refrigerated, prepare the sweet cream base. Whisk eggs in a ... {Tags: strawberry} {More...}
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03 Dec 2008
Peppermint has a long standing tradition of being helpful for relieving stomach ailments. I, myself, have recently invested in a few boxes of peppermint tea to finally get some control over my years of tummy troubles. I'm not a big tea drinker, so I'm always on the lookout for alternative ways to use things.
Here's a great recipe for Chocolate Mint ice cream from The Happy Gelateria using peppermint tea & cashew nuts instead of dairy.
Ingredients:
* 1 cup of cashew nuts, soaked for 4 hours and then drained and rinsed .
* 1/2 - 1 cup of strong peppermint tea (brewed by ... {Tags: chocolate, peppermint} {More...}
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02 Dec 2008
I don't know how many of you have visited your local Starbucks lately, but they have this "new" flavor of hot cocoa called Salted Caramel. I found a nice copy cat recipe for the salted caramel hot cocoa drink yesterday and it reminded me of the great recipe I found for salted caramel ice cream.
vs.
The short non-fat no-whip salted caramel hot chocolate from Starbucks packs a whopping 270 calories! Which would you rather have? A bowl of ice cream or a small glass of hot chocolate? {Tags: caramel, hot chocolate} {More...}
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28 Nov 2008
For those of you who were disappointed in my failed coconut pumpkin pie ice cream, check out the ice cream pumpkin pie pictures from Lisa @ the High Heels and Sweatshirts blog.
Her pie looks so delicious!
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17 Nov 2008
Due to my love of the chocolate coconut ice cream recipe I got from The Nourishing Gourmet, I just couldn't resist sharing this recipe I found with you guys.
Curried Chocolate Coconut Ice Cream
2 cans of coconut milk
2/3 cup cocoa powder
6 tbsp sugar (more if desired -- taste it before putting it in the ice cream maker!)
2 tbsp hot yellow curry powder
toasted coconut (optional)
Mix all ingredients well and put in the ice cream maker. Mmmmm.
So simple. So yummy. Let me know what you think. {Tags: chocolate, coconut, curry} {More...}
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10 Nov 2008
Your mother always told you to eat your vegetables. But she never said you couldn't eat them as dessert!
Last week I posted the video of Regis & Kelly sampling the Thanksgiving dinner ice cream flavors from Country Cow Creamery. So here's a great sweet corn recipe I found so you can make your own.
Fresh corn is rich is thiamin (vitamin B1), panthothenic acid (vitamin B5), folate, dietary fiber, vitamin C, phosphorus and manganese. It supports the health of your heart and your lungs, improves memory and helps maintain energy.
So why not eat it in the form of ice cream?!
Sweet Corn ... {Tags: corn, Healthy Ice Cream, sweet corn} {More...}
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31 Oct 2008
So, a few posts back I mentioned that I was going to try to make pumpkin ice cream with coconut milk instead of cream. What an adventure that was!
First off, I grabbed a can of pumpkin pie filling from the store. You know, the one that has everything but eggs & evaporated milk in it?
And then I had 2 cans of coconut milk. So I blended them together (it was very thick -- that should have been my first warning sign) and put it in the ice cream maker.
I ended up with this:
It wasn't bad. It wasn't very sweet or ... {Tags: coconut, pumpkin} {More...}
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30 Oct 2008
One of my favorite kinds of pie is definitely pecan pie. Our friend from Louisiana always gets a kick out of how we “Northerners” pronounce pecan. I say pee-can and she says it more like puh-kahn. I didn’t realize how differently we said things. I guess I’ll have to go watch When Harry Met Sally and listen to Billy Crystal coach Meg Ryan how to say pecan: “I would like to partake of your pecan pie.”
The dictionary offers up both pronunciations, but puts my southern friend’s version first: pe·can [pi-kahn, -kan, ... {Tags: maple, pecan, thanksgiving} {More...}
