mmmm ice cream
September 7, 2010 4:27 PM Subscribe
I've a brand spanking new ice cream attachment for my Kitchaid sitting in my freezer getting ready...
What I would like is flavor suggestions that may be off the beaten track: So far I've cardamon, chai, and matcha lined up. Other than the obvious choc, van, berries etc what has knocked your socks off in the past?
What I would like is flavor suggestions that may be off the beaten track: So far I've cardamon, chai, and matcha lined up. Other than the obvious choc, van, berries etc what has knocked your socks off in the past?
Response by poster: I make my own vanilla extract so will have a batch of drunken vanilla beans pretty soon that could use.
posted by edgeways at 4:36 PM on September 7, 2010
posted by edgeways at 4:36 PM on September 7, 2010
Best answer: Sour cream and brown sugar.
You can't go wrong with whatever the freshest, ripest fruit at your local farmers market is.
And this weekend I had a cayenne canteloupe sorbet that rocked. From here, if you want some more inspiration.
posted by gingerbeer at 4:38 PM on September 7, 2010 [2 favorites]
You can't go wrong with whatever the freshest, ripest fruit at your local farmers market is.
And this weekend I had a cayenne canteloupe sorbet that rocked. From here, if you want some more inspiration.
posted by gingerbeer at 4:38 PM on September 7, 2010 [2 favorites]
Best answer: I have the same attachment. It's tough to use with candy bits, which just sink to the bottom. The paddles can get stuck on them. So I usually stick with the usual recipes and tweak them slightly.
If you gently heat a custard base (egg and heavy cream) to about 150 deg and no more, just enough to reduce it by a third or by half, you can create an incredibly thick, rich, dense ice cream — like nothing else you could ever buy from the stores, I think.
You can also add stuff to this base while cooking, such as mint leaves, cardamom pods, cinnamon, etc. to add flavors. I love chocolate mint ice cream made with fresh mint and shaved chocolate from those broken bits that Trader Joe's sells.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 4:39 PM on September 7, 2010 [1 favorite]
If you gently heat a custard base (egg and heavy cream) to about 150 deg and no more, just enough to reduce it by a third or by half, you can create an incredibly thick, rich, dense ice cream — like nothing else you could ever buy from the stores, I think.
You can also add stuff to this base while cooking, such as mint leaves, cardamom pods, cinnamon, etc. to add flavors. I love chocolate mint ice cream made with fresh mint and shaved chocolate from those broken bits that Trader Joe's sells.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 4:39 PM on September 7, 2010 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Unusual Ice Cream Recipes
Nothing there seems terribly unusual to me, but ymmv.
posted by zarq at 4:40 PM on September 7, 2010
Nothing there seems terribly unusual to me, but ymmv.
posted by zarq at 4:40 PM on September 7, 2010
Response by poster: cayenne cantaloupe is pretty wild.. reminds me of a choc. chili. cheery candy bar I had awhile back
posted by edgeways at 4:40 PM on September 7, 2010
posted by edgeways at 4:40 PM on September 7, 2010
Best answer: David Lebovitz - The Perfect Scoop.
posted by ecurtz at 4:46 PM on September 7, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by ecurtz at 4:46 PM on September 7, 2010 [1 favorite]
Best answer: I recently made:
A mint chip with mint from my gardent that I steeped in the custard base, it gives the ice cream a very different mint flavor than what you're used to from the store!
A basil/pink grapefruit sorbet that was amazing! I steeped basil from the garden in the simple sugar base. (Make sure to remove the basil/mint from the base before making your sorbet/ice cream)
Salted Caramel Ice Cream absolutely worth the time and effort
A chocolate malted crunch with malt powder mixed into the chocolate custard base and then chopped up malt balls added towards the end of mixing.
posted by Palmcorder Yajna at 4:46 PM on September 7, 2010
A mint chip with mint from my gardent that I steeped in the custard base, it gives the ice cream a very different mint flavor than what you're used to from the store!
A basil/pink grapefruit sorbet that was amazing! I steeped basil from the garden in the simple sugar base. (Make sure to remove the basil/mint from the base before making your sorbet/ice cream)
Salted Caramel Ice Cream absolutely worth the time and effort
A chocolate malted crunch with malt powder mixed into the chocolate custard base and then chopped up malt balls added towards the end of mixing.
posted by Palmcorder Yajna at 4:46 PM on September 7, 2010
Best answer: A friend was raving about jalapeno pineapple ice cream (I think it was jalapeno, it was definitely something spicy).
At the local asian grocery store they had cheddar cheese ice cream. A spoonful or two was OK but I don't think I'd enjoy a full quart of it.
Just going for simple, fresh flavors will knock your socks off. Try a real mint ice cream, or an actual cinnamon or vanilla flavor.
posted by jpeacock at 4:47 PM on September 7, 2010
At the local asian grocery store they had cheddar cheese ice cream. A spoonful or two was OK but I don't think I'd enjoy a full quart of it.
Just going for simple, fresh flavors will knock your socks off. Try a real mint ice cream, or an actual cinnamon or vanilla flavor.
posted by jpeacock at 4:47 PM on September 7, 2010
Best answer: Brown butter ice cream sounds delicious to me.
posted by cabingirl at 4:51 PM on September 7, 2010
posted by cabingirl at 4:51 PM on September 7, 2010
Best answer: Homemade rum raisin ice cream is awesome. The best part is you get to drink a raisin-infused shot!
posted by vorfeed at 5:01 PM on September 7, 2010
posted by vorfeed at 5:01 PM on September 7, 2010
Best answer: Jeni's is another good place to get some inspiration for interesting flavors. The goat cheese with roasted red cherries is amazing.
posted by amarynth at 5:06 PM on September 7, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by amarynth at 5:06 PM on September 7, 2010 [1 favorite]
Best answer: At a Molly Moon, I had balsamic vinegar+strawberry ice cream. Good combo. You might mix in the vinegar at the very end, after you remove the paddles, so that you create "veins" of balsamic.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 5:07 PM on September 7, 2010
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 5:07 PM on September 7, 2010
Best answer: green tea ice cream. What's so nice about it is that it's not overly sweet, instead it's really refreshing. I'd go for a recipe that doesn't include too much sugar. Perhaps this one or this one.
posted by skauskas at 5:16 PM on September 7, 2010
posted by skauskas at 5:16 PM on September 7, 2010
Best answer: Yum ice cream lists violet and rose ice cream.
posted by hortense at 5:21 PM on September 7, 2010
posted by hortense at 5:21 PM on September 7, 2010
Best answer: I swear by The Perfect Scoop, which ecurtz mentions. Absolutely fabulous book. My own creations that turned out great are Nutella ice cream, which I just made a few days ago: basic sweet cream recipe with a good 1/4 cup of Nutella mixed with the warm cream before adding to the eggs; and Honey Lavender and Chocolate Lavender, which I made with my homemade lavender extract. I stick to custards, 5 or 6 egg yolks at a time. I feel like Philly style, without the eggs, tends to develop a bad consistency in the freezer.
posted by monkeymadness at 5:25 PM on September 7, 2010
posted by monkeymadness at 5:25 PM on September 7, 2010
Best answer: I had some peanut butter curry ice cream last weekend at it was delicious.
posted by otherwordlyglow at 5:28 PM on September 7, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by otherwordlyglow at 5:28 PM on September 7, 2010 [1 favorite]
Best answer: I made an awesome jasmine tea ice cream once using jasmine tea (with flowers, of course) and spiced up with cardamom. I've also made lemongrass ice cream (same concept).
posted by devinemissk at 5:33 PM on September 7, 2010
posted by devinemissk at 5:33 PM on September 7, 2010
Best answer: I should add that the PB&Curry flavor wasn't my idea but comes courtesy of the ice cream masterminds at Humphry Slocombe. Check the link for some other mind-blowing ideas.
posted by otherwordlyglow at 5:42 PM on September 7, 2010
posted by otherwordlyglow at 5:42 PM on September 7, 2010
Best answer: You might be interested in checking out Ice Cream Club, posted to Projects earlier this summer: http://projects.metafilter.com/2648/Ice-Cream-Club
posted by estlin at 6:33 PM on September 7, 2010
posted by estlin at 6:33 PM on September 7, 2010
Best answer: earl grey tea (with optional shortbread crumbles)
manhattan (bourbon + bitters with cherries)
goat cheese
burnt caramel
chocolate & sweet basil
& less weird, but unexpectedly amazing: fresh lemon.
posted by dizziest at 6:47 PM on September 7, 2010
manhattan (bourbon + bitters with cherries)
goat cheese
burnt caramel
chocolate & sweet basil
& less weird, but unexpectedly amazing: fresh lemon.
posted by dizziest at 6:47 PM on September 7, 2010
Best answer: maple-bacon ice cream.
lime-wasabi sorbet. also, ginger-lime-wasabi sorbet.
posted by rmd1023 at 7:00 PM on September 7, 2010 [1 favorite]
lime-wasabi sorbet. also, ginger-lime-wasabi sorbet.
posted by rmd1023 at 7:00 PM on September 7, 2010 [1 favorite]
I imagine you could reflect upon the past 20 years of fourth-world salsa combinations for some interesting ideas.
posted by rhizome at 7:27 PM on September 7, 2010
posted by rhizome at 7:27 PM on September 7, 2010
Best answer: Kulfi, aka Indian rice pudding, ice cream. So good.
posted by eleanna at 7:44 PM on September 7, 2010
posted by eleanna at 7:44 PM on September 7, 2010
Best answer: Persian rosewater, pistachio, and saffron--the best I have ever tasted. Red bean, since someone mentioned green tea. Coconut. Lavender or violet. Mexican chocolate--add cinnamon, vanilla, or lots of spice (cayenne works best). Blood orange. Cassis. As mentioned, bacon--something very smoky works shockingly well.
But as mentioned, don't be afraid to do the basics too, just the best damn foundationally fresh take on each. There is no comparison between homemade, real vanilla flecked ice cream and anything you could buy.
posted by ifjuly at 7:56 PM on September 7, 2010
But as mentioned, don't be afraid to do the basics too, just the best damn foundationally fresh take on each. There is no comparison between homemade, real vanilla flecked ice cream and anything you could buy.
posted by ifjuly at 7:56 PM on September 7, 2010
Best answer: Sweet corn ice cream is AMAZING. Fresh peach frozen yogurt. Melon sorbet.
posted by mollymayhem at 8:41 PM on September 7, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by mollymayhem at 8:41 PM on September 7, 2010 [1 favorite]
Best answer: A friend was raving about jalapeno pineapple ice cream (I think it was jalapeno, it was definitely something spicy).
In this vein, I bet mango habanero would be delicious as well.
posted by kylej at 8:41 PM on September 7, 2010
In this vein, I bet mango habanero would be delicious as well.
posted by kylej at 8:41 PM on September 7, 2010
Best answer: I have this ice cream maker. My two favorites are cinnamon graham cracker (cinnamon ice cream, with biggish chunks of cut- or crushed-up graham cracker mixed in) and marzipan chocolate chip (almond extract ice cream, plus small bits of marzipan and tiny-sized chocolate chips).
Like Blazecock Pileon says, the ice cream maker scrapes pretty close to the edge. Plus you want any cookie fragments to stay intact longer. So make the ice cream without the marzipan or graham crackers, and then only add them when it's finished, as you scoop it out into a tupperware container to finish freezing.
Another neat trick is to bake some cookies and make fancy pants ice cream sandwiches. e.g. (self link). People seem to like them.
posted by aubilenon at 11:07 PM on September 7, 2010
Like Blazecock Pileon says, the ice cream maker scrapes pretty close to the edge. Plus you want any cookie fragments to stay intact longer. So make the ice cream without the marzipan or graham crackers, and then only add them when it's finished, as you scoop it out into a tupperware container to finish freezing.
Another neat trick is to bake some cookies and make fancy pants ice cream sandwiches. e.g. (self link). People seem to like them.
posted by aubilenon at 11:07 PM on September 7, 2010
Best answer: Boooooozy ice creams!
Also:
Guinness.
Bourbon. For some reason, I think that this would go deliciously with a little maple swirl and some candied bacon bits, but I have no advice on how to achieve this.
Baileys Irish Cream.
Bananas Foster.
In the same vein, you could try making a Dark n' Stormy ice cream by infusing the custard with a little ginger and nutmeg, and throwing in a couple of shots of dark rum.
posted by superquail at 11:16 PM on September 7, 2010
Also:
Guinness.
Bourbon. For some reason, I think that this would go deliciously with a little maple swirl and some candied bacon bits, but I have no advice on how to achieve this.
Baileys Irish Cream.
Bananas Foster.
In the same vein, you could try making a Dark n' Stormy ice cream by infusing the custard with a little ginger and nutmeg, and throwing in a couple of shots of dark rum.
posted by superquail at 11:16 PM on September 7, 2010
Best answer: Tried a dark chocolate orange ice cream in Berlin a couple of months ago. Amazingly delicious.
posted by nicoleincanada at 3:43 AM on September 8, 2010
posted by nicoleincanada at 3:43 AM on September 8, 2010
Forth-ing maple-bacon ice cream. Phenomenal.
posted by frmrpreztaft at 4:09 AM on September 8, 2010
posted by frmrpreztaft at 4:09 AM on September 8, 2010
Response by poster: I didn't think I'd have to add the caveat that I was vegetarian to an ice cream thread, heh.
posted by edgeways at 6:41 AM on September 8, 2010
posted by edgeways at 6:41 AM on September 8, 2010
Best answer: Since you already have cardamon, here's a tasty cardamon and meyer lemon recipe. Mint julep ice cream (infuse the mint like Palmcoder says) is also tasty. Any sort of tea infusion is great too. I've made a mexican chocolate one with 1/2 regular cocoa powder and 1/2 melted pieces of mexican hot chocolate, but I want to try making it from scratch (spicing the chocolate myself).
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 12:33 PM on September 8, 2010
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 12:33 PM on September 8, 2010
I bet mango habanero would be delicious as well.
It is.
Especially in a double scoop with cardamom.
posted by ikahime at 11:35 AM on September 9, 2010
It is.
Especially in a double scoop with cardamom.
posted by ikahime at 11:35 AM on September 9, 2010
Response by poster: thanks to everyone for the suggestions a lot of potentially awesome stuff. I'll have to pass on the a fore mentioned smoked bacon, but appreciate the suggestion nonetheless.
made the first batch (cardamom/vanilla) the morning... very very tasty. I suspect this may have been a bad idea for the waste-line going into the cooler months.
posted by edgeways at 3:58 PM on September 9, 2010
made the first batch (cardamom/vanilla) the morning... very very tasty. I suspect this may have been a bad idea for the waste-line going into the cooler months.
posted by edgeways at 3:58 PM on September 9, 2010
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posted by ImproviseOrDie at 4:32 PM on September 7, 2010