I recently picked up a Kenwood Ice cream maker - an impulsive decision as it looks "soooo cute!" See here if you don't know what I mean ;).
My first trials were a couple of vanilla ice creams - used both the essence and the bean - but wasn't too happy with the results. Wasn't sure what I did wrong but it felt like they had too much (if there is such a thing) of a creamy aftertaste. And then I tried this amazing Fig ice cream recipe using fresh figs. And I have a confession to make - this was the first time ever that I had seen what figs look like when they are fresh :O !!
The recipe is from David Lebovitz - you can see it here. I used both the Milky Mist Fresh cream, and the Amul Fresh Cream with decent results. The figs were from Town Essentials (www.towness.com) and I also tried a second time with Orange juice and orange rind instead of lemon as I hate trying to rind those miniscule lemons!
I didn't manage to get a good shot of the ice-cream as that was consumed all too soon, but here's one at the jam stage:
Phew! This one was lying in my drafts for a while, just to save me for Day 7 ;).
My first trials were a couple of vanilla ice creams - used both the essence and the bean - but wasn't too happy with the results. Wasn't sure what I did wrong but it felt like they had too much (if there is such a thing) of a creamy aftertaste. And then I tried this amazing Fig ice cream recipe using fresh figs. And I have a confession to make - this was the first time ever that I had seen what figs look like when they are fresh :O !!
The recipe is from David Lebovitz - you can see it here. I used both the Milky Mist Fresh cream, and the Amul Fresh Cream with decent results. The figs were from Town Essentials (www.towness.com) and I also tried a second time with Orange juice and orange rind instead of lemon as I hate trying to rind those miniscule lemons!
I didn't manage to get a good shot of the ice-cream as that was consumed all too soon, but here's one at the jam stage:
Phew! This one was lying in my drafts for a while, just to save me for Day 7 ;).
Let me be the first to comment, though i'd much rather be the first to be eating that icecream! Yum!
ReplyDeletedrooooooool...I want that ice cream!!!
ReplyDeleteI really don't want to go into confession state here ;-)
Yay, we love ice cream. I don't know if I could ever do this from scratch stage, maybe some day. But it does sound very appetizing! We have ice cream day every Wednesday where I pick N from school and we walk down to the store and choose our fav ice creams and eat on the way home :)
ReplyDeleteI have never tried making ice-cream and your post inspires me to go and try it. Happy cooking, keep inspiring! :)
ReplyDeleteyummmmm. Ice creams are actually pretty easy to make huh, but if you dont have an ice cream maker, like me, I dont have one, then I would be spending the whole day in the kitchen shuttling between the mixer, to the freezer to the mixer to the freezer :). So did you do just that? :)
ReplyDeleteOMG ice cream... I don't think I'd ever evolve that far from a my current amateur cook status. So can only look on with envy. It looks great.
ReplyDeleteOMG...aparna...you are seriously motivated! Isn't making icecream even with that dishy icecream maker a lot of work?
ReplyDeletePsst...even I don't know what fresh figs look like :)
My son would love you. He has been after me to but an ice-cream maker.
ReplyDeleteYou guys are the sweetest :).. this one is really a simple recipe, the only kind I attempt I assure you ;).
ReplyDeleteArchana, using the ice-cream maker, the Kenwood, though I hear alcohol helps to make ice-creams without the ice-cream maker too as it stops it from freezing ;).
Obsessivemom - take it from another complete amateur, the machine does nearly all the work ;).
Aparna, there are some elaborate recipes out there, but this one is really straightforward and easy!
Errr...ok...if u say so :)
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