The world’s most popular soft drink combined with the world’s most popular dessert, what do you get? Coco cola flavoured ice cream! This is an easy no churn recipe I created to try this ‘match made in heaven’ combination. Did it work? Not really. I made it from Coke as you can see in the… Read More »
This was my first batch of homemade ice cream on my latest trip to Thailand so I wanted to make something interesting and different with some local flavors. My Thai friends were a bit skeptical at first, mostly to the prospect of ice cream with chilli, but I think most of them were pleasantly surprised… Read More »
If you’ve ever tried to make some kind of ‘choc chip’ recipe you might have simply purchased some chocolate chips from the supermarket and mixed those into your ice cream in the last 5 minutes of churning (as the ice cream machine instructions usually say). The downside of this is that many chocolate bits/drops will… Read More »
I made these for Christmas last year (2017) and they turned out to be pretty tasty but a lot of trouble to make and, as such, didn’t look as good as I’d hoped. Still, nice to do something a bit different with my ice cream making for this recipe. Yes, I know they’re not that pretty… Read More »
You’ve probably come across this beverage in your favorite Thai restaurant or in the street food stalls in Thailand itself. It’s a fantastic way to cool down and power up in the heat and humidity of South East Asia. Typically the drink consists of strongly brewed Thai Tea (the most popular brand is Pantai) served… Read More »
There’s something about alcohol in ice cream that always gets me. I’m not even that big of a drinker normally and would rarely drink rum at all but once you put it in ice cream its like a match made in heaven that I can’t get enough of. Others obviously agree which is why ‘Rum… Read More »
This was one of those flavors where I was intrigued about whether you could actually make an ice cream that tasted like apple pie or is it just a name with a vague association to the flavors. On this occasion I was pleasantly surprised as the result tastes remarkably similar to apple pie and is… Read More »
This is a very rich and dense ice cream inspired by the English tradition of a ‘Cream Tea‘ which consists of scones with jam and clotted cream. I modified a clotted cream ice cream recipe I found and added streaks of jam using the method described here.Yield ~ 0.7 Litres / 0.7 Quarts Prep time ~… Read More »
The Cherry Ripe is Australia’s oldest chocolate bar (1924) and consists of a delicious combination of cherries and coconut covered in dark chocolate. I formulated this no churn (no machine needed) recipe with inspiration from a few different sources. Yield ~ 1 Litre / 1 Quart Prep time ~ 1 hour + FreezingIngredients400g (14.1oz) of fresh cherries… Read More »
This is a great homemade ice cream recipe for those without a machine (commonly called a ‘no churn’ recipe). I got this recipe from the Charlotte’s Lively Kitchen blog and followed it pretty closely other than some minor changes which I’ll mention below. I was happy to use my homegrown mint to get some payback… Read More »
